Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R20076 PRL-F
2	2	By: Burrows H.B. No. 1635
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the operation of political parties.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 162.001, Election Code, is amended by
10	10	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
11	11	(c) A party official may not deny a person eligible to
12	12	affiliate with a political party under Section 162.002 the ability
13	13	to affiliate with the political party.
14	14	SECTION 2. Section 163.007, Election Code, is amended to
15	15	read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 163.007. RULES ENFORCEABLE BY MANDAMUS. A rule on
17	17	electoral affairs is enforceable by writ of mandamus in the same
18	18	manner as if the rule were a statute. A rule on electoral affairs
19	19	that conflicts with state or federal law is void and unenforceable.
20	20	SECTION 3. Sections 172.0222(b) and (g), Election Code, are
21	21	amended to read as follows:
22	22	(b) On the filing of an application for a place on the
23	23	general primary election ballot, the authority with whom the
24	24	application is filed shall review the application to determine
25	25	whether it complies with state or federal law or with the
26	26	requirements as to form, content, and procedure that it must
27	27	satisfy for the candidate's name to be placed on the general primary
28	28	election ballot.
29	29	(g) If an application does not comply with the [applicable]
30	30	requirements described by Subsection (b), the authority shall
31	31	reject the application and immediately deliver to the candidate
32	32	written notice of the reason for the rejection.
33	33	SECTION 4. Section 172.082(b), Election Code, is amended to
34	34	read as follows:
35	35	(b) The county chair or the county chair's designee shall
36	36	conduct the drawing [unless the county executive committee provides
37	37	by resolution that the drawing be conducted by the primary
38	38	committee].
39	39	SECTION 5. Section 172.111(b), Election Code, is amended to
40	40	read as follows:
41	41	(b) The county chair [executive committee] shall supervise
42	42	the overall conduct of a primary election in each county.
43	43	SECTION 6. Section 173.033, Election Code, is amended by
44	44	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
45	45	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter:
46	46	(1) a primary fund may not be used to pay expenses
47	47	incurred by a political party in connection with a primary election
48	48	conducted by a political party that has authorized a party official
49	49	to reject an application for a place on the primary election ballot
50	50	or declare a candidate ineligible for any reason not specified
51	51	under the laws of this state or federal law; and
52	52	(2) any funds disbursed to the primary fund of a
53	53	political party specified in Subdivision (1) shall be remitted to
54	54	the secretary of state immediately on request and deposited in the
55	55	state treasury for the financing of primary elections.
56	56	SECTION 7. Section 191.008(b), Election Code, is amended to
57	57	read as follows:
58	58	(b) The rules may not be inconsistent with national party
59	59	rules, this subchapter, or [with] rules adopted by the secretary of
60	60	state under this subchapter.
61	61	SECTION 8. Sections 172.081 and 172.083, Election Code, are
62	62	repealed.
63	63	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.