| 1 | 1 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1009 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the administration of county primary funds. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 173.034 (a), Election Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (a) The county chair shall manage the county primary fund. |
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| 11 | 11 | | The county chair shall maintain the county primary fund separately |
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| 12 | 12 | | from other funds managed by the political party. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 173, Election Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 173.0342 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 173.0342. REQUIRED AFFIDAVIT FOR COUNTY CHAIR. A |
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| 16 | 16 | | county chair who manages a county primary fund shall execute and |
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| 17 | 17 | | submit an affidavit to the secretary of state stating that the chair |
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| 18 | 18 | | will: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) deposit money in the fund and use money in the fund |
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| 20 | 20 | | only in accordance with this chapter; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) maintain the fund separately from other funds |
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| 22 | 22 | | managed by the political party; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) not comingle money in the fund with other money |
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| 24 | 24 | | managed by the political party or its officers. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. The secretary of state shall conduct the initial |
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| 26 | 26 | | audits required under Section 173.035(a), Election Code, as amended |
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| 27 | 27 | | by this Act, not later than December 31, 2022. The secretary shall |
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| 28 | 28 | | designate approximately 10 percent of county primary funds as |
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| 29 | 29 | | subject to the initial round of audits and designate 10 percent of |
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| 30 | 30 | | the remaining funds as subject to each of the subsequent nine rounds |
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| 31 | 31 | | of audits. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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