Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB237 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 07/19/2017

                            85S10721 GRM-D
 By: Turner H.B. No. 237


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to straight-party voting.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Chapter 404 (H.B. 25), Acts of the 85th
 Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is repealed.
 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 December 1, 2017.