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AN ACT
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relating to rules governing the allocation of delegates to a |
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political party's national presidential nominating convention. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.007, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 191.007. ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES. (a) Each political |
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party holding a presidential primary election shall adopt a rule |
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for allocating delegates [based on the results of the presidential
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primary election]. |
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(b) A rule adopted under this section may utilize either a |
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proportional or winner-take-all method, based on the results of the |
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presidential primary election, which may be based on: |
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(1) a direct tie to statewide popular vote totals; |
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(2) a direct tie to congressional or state senatorial |
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district popular vote totals; or |
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(3) an alternative disproportionate method that is |
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based on statewide, congressional district, or state senatorial |
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district popular vote totals. |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to delegates allocated: |
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(1) among party and elected officials; or |
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(2) through an allocation based on participants |
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registering for or attending a caucus or similar process, provided |
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that at [At] least 75 percent of the total number of delegates who |
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are to represent this state at the party's national presidential |
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nominating convention, excluding delegates allocated among party |
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and elected officials, shall be allocated in accordance with the |
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rule adopted under this section based on the results of the |
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presidential primary election [among one or more of the candidates
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whose names appear on the presidential primary election ballot and,
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if applicable, the uncommitted status]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1398 passed the Senate on |
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April 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1398 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, |
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Nays 4, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |