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| 1 | 1 | 86R13768 ATP-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton H.B. No. 4082 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the applicability of certain state law to electoral | |
| 8 | 8 | affairs governed by political party rules. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 163.003, Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 163.003. CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW. (a) The rules | |
| 13 | 13 | adopted by a political party must be consistent with state law, | |
| 14 | 14 | subject to Subsection (b). | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) A political party may by rule provide that a provision | |
| 16 | 16 | of this title governing the electoral affairs of the party does not | |
| 17 | 17 | apply to the extent that a party rule on electoral affairs is | |
| 18 | 18 | inconsistent with a provision of this title. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Section 163.007, Election Code, is amended to | |
| 20 | 20 | read as follows: | |
| 21 | 21 | Sec. 163.007. RULES ENFORCEABLE BY MANDAMUS. A rule on | |
| 22 | 22 | electoral affairs is enforceable by writ of mandamus in the same | |
| 23 | 23 | manner as if the rule were a statute, except as otherwise provided | |
| 24 | 24 | by party rule. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |