86R12221 ADM-D
By: Vo H.B. No. 2595
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of time an authority with whom an application
for a place on the ballot is filed has to review the application.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and
[Subsection] (c), the review shall be completed not later than the
fifth business day after the date the application is received by the
authority.
(b-1) If an application is submitted fewer than five
business days before the applicable filing deadline, the review
shall be completed not later than the first Friday after the filing
deadline.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.