Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1160 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R2863 JON-D
2	2	By: Murr H.B. No. 1160
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the replacement of a presidential or vice-presidential
8	8	candidate in the event of the candidate's withdrawal, death, or
9	9	ineligibility.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 192, Election Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 192.009 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 192.009. REPLACEMENT NOMINEE. An elector shall
14	14	consider a replacement candidate certified under Subchapter C to be
15	15	the presidential or vice-presidential candidate for whom the
16	16	elector is the corresponding presidential elector candidate.
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 192.062(a), Election Code, is amended to
18	18	read as follows:
19	19	(a) The secretary of state shall certify in writing [for
20	20	placement on the ballot] the name of a political party's
21	21	replacement nominee for president or vice-president of the United
22	22	States as follows [if]:
23	23	(1) for placement on the ballot for an [the] original
24	24	nominee who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before
25	25	the 74th day before presidential election day if [; and
26	26	[(2)] the party's state chair delivers certification of
27	27	the replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the
28	28	secretary of state not later than 5 p.m. of the 71st day before
29	29	presidential election day; or
30	30	(2) to the nominating party's presidential elector
31	31	candidates for an original nominee who withdraws, dies, or is
32	32	declared ineligible after the 74th day before presidential election
33	33	day if the party's state chair delivers certification of the
34	34	replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the
35	35	secretary of state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the
36	36	second Wednesday in December of a presidential election year.
37	37	SECTION 3. Section 192.064(a), Election Code, is amended to
38	38	read as follows:
39	39	(a) The secretary of state shall certify in writing [for
40	40	placement on the ballot] the name of a replacement
41	41	vice-presidential running mate for an independent candidate for
42	42	president of the United States as follows [if]:
43	43	(1) for placement on the ballot for an [the] original
44	44	running mate who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or
45	45	before the 74th day before presidential election day if [; and
46	46	[(2)] the independent presidential candidate delivers
47	47	certification of the replacement running mate's name, signed by the
48	48	presidential candidate, to the secretary of state not later than 5
49	49	p.m. of the 71st day before presidential election day; or
50	50	(2) to the presidential candidate's corresponding
51	51	presidential elector candidates for an original running mate who
52	52	withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible after the 74th day
53	53	before presidential election day if the independent presidential
54	54	candidate delivers certification of the replacement running mate's
55	55	name, signed by the presidential candidate, to the secretary of
56	56	state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the second Wednesday
57	57	in December of a presidential election year.
58	58	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.