Texas 2021 - 87th 2nd C.S.

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1	1	87S20441 TSS-D
2	2	By: Hunter H.B. No. 15
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to dates of certain elections to be held in 2022.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Section 41.0075 to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 41.0075. PRIMARY ELECTION: TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a)
12	12	This section supersedes any conflicting statute with respect to a
13	13	primary election to be held in 2022.
14	14	(b) For the purposes of this section, a redistricting plan
15	15	"becomes law" on the earlier of:
16	16	(1) the date the governor signs an Act of the 87th
17	17	Legislature relating to the composition of the State Board of
18	18	Education, state legislative, or federal congressional districts;
19	19	or
20	20	(2) the date on which the time for gubernatorial
21	21	action on an Act of the 87th Legislature relating to the composition
22	22	of the State Board of Education, state legislative, or federal
23	23	congressional districts expires under Section 14, Article IV, Texas
24	24	Constitution.
25	25	(c) If a redistricting plan adopted following the 2020
26	26	federal census by the 87th Legislature that includes a State Board
27	27	of Education, state legislative, or federal congressional district
28	28	becomes law:
29	29	(1) on or before November 22, 2021, the following
30	30	dates related to the primary election for the election of officers
31	31	for the district shall apply:
32	32	(A) an application for a place on the general
33	33	primary election ballot must be filed not earlier than November 29,
34	34	2021, and not later than 6 p.m. on December 13, 2021;
35	35	(B) the general primary election date is March 1,
36	36	2022; and
37	37	(C) the runoff primary election date is May 24,
38	38	2022;
39	39	(2) after November 22, 2021, and on or before January
40	40	3, 2022, the following dates related to the primary election for the
41	41	election of officers for the district shall apply:
42	42	(A) an application for a place on the general
43	43	primary election ballot must be filed not earlier than January 10,
44	44	2022, and not later than 6 p.m. on January 24, 2022;
45	45	(B) the general primary election date is April 5,
46	46	2022; and
47	47	(C) the runoff primary election date is June 21,
48	48	2022; and
49	49	(3) after January 3, 2022, and on or before February
50	50	14, 2022, the following dates related to the primary election for
51	51	the election of officers for the district shall apply:
52	52	(A) an application for a place on the general
53	53	primary election ballot must be filed not earlier than February 21,
54	54	2022, and not later than 6 p.m. on March 7, 2022;
55	55	(B) the general primary election date is May 24,
56	56	2022; and
57	57	(C) the runoff primary election date is July 26,
58	58	2022.
59	59	(d) If a plan for a State Board of Education, state
60	60	legislative, or federal congressional district becomes law on dates
61	61	included under more than one subdivision of Subsection (c), the
62	62	latest dates provided for the filing period and the general and
63	63	runoff primary elections of all of the subdivisions applicable to
64	64	the effective date of a plan shall apply. The county chair shall
65	65	conduct the drawing to determine the order of the candidates' names
66	66	on the general primary election ballot in accordance with Section
67	67	172.082(c) after the date of the applicable filing deadline.
68	68	(e) If a redistricting plan to which this section applies
69	69	has not become law on or before February 14, 2022, the secretary of
70	70	state shall set the dates of the filing period and the general and
71	71	runoff primary elections for the election of officers of the
72	72	districts to which this section applies. In setting dates under
73	73	this section, the secretary of state shall ensure the efficient and
74	74	orderly administration of elections and shall, to the extent
75	75	practicable, set dates in a manner that allows the same interval of
76	76	time in relation to the date of the election as would be provided by
77	77	the application of other law.
78	78	(f) A date set for the general primary election under
79	79	Subsection (c) or (d) shall be the date of any general or primary
80	80	election held under this code.
81	81	(g) Except as provided by this section, the secretary of
82	82	state shall adjust the schedule for canvassing election returns,
83	83	declaring results, or performing any other official act relating to
84	84	an election held on a date under this section as necessary for the
85	85	efficient and orderly administration of the election. To the
86	86	extent practicable, the secretary of state shall adjust schedules
87	87	under this subsection in a manner that allows the same interval of
88	88	time in relation to the date of the election as would be provided by
89	89	the application of other law.
90	90	(h) This section expires January 1, 2023.
91	91	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
92	92	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
93	93	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
94	94	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
95	95	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
96	96	legislative session.