Bill Text: TX HB2013 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the withdrawal of a candidate in a runoff primary election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Elections [HB2013 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2013-Introduced.html
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By: Leach | H.B. No. 2013 |
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relating to the withdrawal of a candidate in a runoff primary | ||
election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2.023(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c) or Section | ||
172.059, the candidates in a runoff election are the candidates who | ||
receive the highest and second highest number of votes in the main | ||
election or who tie for the highest number of votes. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 172.059, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the | ||
runoff primary election after 5 p.m. of the 21st [ |
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state canvass under Section 172.120. | ||
(c) If a runoff candidate withdraws from the election on or | ||
before 5 p.m. of the 21st day after the state canvass, the candidate | ||
who received the third highest number of votes in the general | ||
primary election is entitled to a place on the runoff ballot. | ||
(d) If a runoff candidate withdraws after 5 p.m. of the 21st | ||
day after the state canvass, the remaining candidate is the nominee | ||
and the runoff election for that office is not held. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |