86R12224 SRS-D
By: Vo H.B. No. 3183
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the drawing for ballot order in a primary election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.082, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read
as follows:
(b) The county chair or the county chair's designee shall
conduct the drawing unless the county executive committee provides
by resolution that the drawing be conducted by the primary
committee.
(f) The state chair shall conduct the drawing if:
(1) the county chair[:
[(1)] requests that the state chair conduct the
drawing; or
(2) the county chair or the county chair's designee
fails to conduct the drawing by the deadline set in this section.
(g) A designee appointed by the county chair to conduct the
drawing under this section must be:
(1) a member of the county executive committee; or
(2) if no member of the county executive committee is
available to conduct the drawing, a resident of the county served by
the committee who is affiliated with the same political party.
SECTION 2. Section 172.130(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding a conflicting provision of this code,
the state chair, or the state chair's designee, may perform any
administrative duty of the county chair, county chair's designee,
or county executive committee related to the conduct of a primary
election that has not been performed in the time required by law,
including the submission of candidate information under Section
172.029, drawing for ballot order under Section [Sections] 172.082
[and 172.084], and canvassing returns under Section 172.116.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.