87R6289 TSS-D
By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3302
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the order of names of certain candidates on a ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.002(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The order of the candidates' names on each [the] ballot
shall be determined in the same manner as the [relative] order of
names on the original ballot.
SECTION 2. Sections 52.094(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for an election at
which the names of more than one candidate for the same office are
to appear on the ballot in an independent column or are to appear on
a general or special election ballot that does not contain a party
nominee, the order of the candidates' names on each ballot shall be
randomly determined [by a drawing]. The order of the candidates'
names on each [the] ballot of any resulting runoff election or
election held to resolve a tie vote shall be determined in the same
manner as the [relative] order of names on the original election
ballot.
(b) The secretary of state may adopt rules necessary to
implement this section [authority responsible for having the
official ballot prepared for the election shall conduct the
drawing].
SECTION 3. Section 203.013(h), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(h) The order of the candidates' names on each [the] runoff
election ballot shall be determined in the same manner as the
[relative] order of names on the original expedited election
ballot.
SECTION 4. Sections 52.094(c), (d), and (e), Election Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act applies only to an election ordered on
or after September 1, 2022. An election ordered before September 1,
2022, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.