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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of a district executive committee of a |
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political party. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.054, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 171.054. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT SITUATED IN |
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MORE THAN ONE COUNTY; FIRST MEETING. (a) The district executive |
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committee for a district situated in more than one county consists |
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of the members of each county executive committee who reside in the |
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district [:
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[(1)
the county chair of each county that is wholly
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situated in the district; and
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[(2)
one precinct chair from each county that is only
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partly situated in the district, elected by and from among the
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precinct chairs of the precincts in that part of the county]. |
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(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the] state |
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[county] chair shall call a meeting of the district executive |
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committee to convene either as a whole in one location or separately |
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in each county in the district at any time after the precinct chairs |
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take office to fill a vacancy in a nomination or to transact any |
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other business by the committee [elect the precinct chair who is to
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serve on a district executive committee]. The state [county] chair |
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shall notify the members of the district executive committee |
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[appropriate precinct chairs] in advance of the [meeting of its] |
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time, place, and purpose of any meeting or meetings. [Not later
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than the third day after the date the district executive committee
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member is elected, the county chair shall deliver to the state chair
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written notice of the name and address of the person elected.] |
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(c) If a vacancy exists in the office of senatorial district |
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[precinct] chair for a county [on a senatorial district executive
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committee] immediately before the date for conducting the regular |
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drawing for a place on the general primary ballot, the appropriate |
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county executive committee members [precinct chairs] shall convene |
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on that date at the hour and place specified by the county chair to |
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elect that officer. |
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(d) If the district executive committee is meeting as a |
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whole in one location, the [The] members of the [a district
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executive] committee shall elect a chair at the committee's first |
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meeting from among the committee membership. If the district |
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executive committee is meeting separately in each county, the |
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members meeting in each county shall elect a chair at the |
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committee's first meeting from among the committee membership in |
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that county. |
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(e) For the purposes of filling a vacancy in a nomination, |
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the [The] state chair shall canvass the votes of the district |
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executive committee when meeting separately in each county and make |
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the certification required by Section 145.037 [call the first
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meeting of the district executive committee and shall notify each
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committee member in advance of the meeting of its time, place, and
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purpose]. |
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(f) The state executive committee shall by rule determine |
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the quorum requirements for a district executive committee to |
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conduct business. |
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(g) The state executive committee may by rule require a |
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specific deadline for filling vacancies on a district executive |
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committee prior to that committee filling a vacancy in nomination |
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for public office, but may not set the deadline for a date later |
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than the date that the vacancy in nomination for public office must |
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be filled. A rule adopted under this subsection may also include a |
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requirement that a county executive committee publicly post on the |
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committee's website the names and addresses of district executive |
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committee members as of the deadline specified in the rule. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3456 was passed by the House on May |
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15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3456 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |