85R9902 GRM-F
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 3959
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to drawing for ballot order on the general primary
election ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.082(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The drawing shall be conducted [at the county seat] not
later than the 10th day after the date of the regular filing
deadline for the general primary election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.