| 1 | 1 | | 86R8949 ADM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Allen H.B. No. 3250 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an agreement under which a state party chair serves as a |
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| 8 | 8 | | fiscal agent for a county party. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 173.032(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) The state chair may, with the consent of the secretary |
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| 13 | 13 | | of state and the county chair or county executive committee, if one |
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| 14 | 14 | | exists for the county, accept money into the state primary fund on |
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| 15 | 15 | | behalf of a county party. The state chair must keep records to |
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| 16 | 16 | | track the money that is attributable to a county. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 173, Election Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended by adding Section 173.0341 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 173.0341. STATE CHAIR AS FISCAL AGENT FOR COUNTY |
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| 20 | 20 | | PARTY. (a) A state chair, or the designee of a state chair, may |
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| 21 | 21 | | enter into an agreement with a county chair under which the state |
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| 22 | 22 | | chair will act as a fiscal agent for the county party. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of an |
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| 24 | 24 | | agreement under this section. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) If the state chair acts as the fiscal agent for a county |
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| 26 | 26 | | party in accordance with an agreement under this section: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) the state chair shall deliver the completed |
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| 28 | 28 | | agreement to the secretary of state; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) any filing fee received by the county party under |
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| 30 | 30 | | Subchapter C must be made payable to the state party for deposit in |
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| 31 | 31 | | the state primary fund; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) the county chair or county executive committee |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall make a request in accordance with Section 31.093 to enter into |
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| 34 | 34 | | a contract with the county elections administrator to conduct |
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| 35 | 35 | | primary elections in the county; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) Section 173.031 does not apply to the county |
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| 37 | 37 | | party. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. Section 173.061, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 39 | 39 | | read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | Sec. 173.061. FEE PAID TO COUNTY CHAIR. Except as provided |
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| 41 | 41 | | by Section 173.0341(c)(2), the [The] county chair shall deposit in |
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| 42 | 42 | | the county primary fund each filing fee accompanying an application |
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| 43 | 43 | | for a place on the ballot filed with the county chair. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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