Bill Text: TX HB2595 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the amount of time an authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot is filed has to review the application.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Referred to Elections [HB2595 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2595-Introduced.html
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relating to the amount of time an authority with whom an application | ||
for a place on the ballot is filed has to review the application. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and | ||
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fifth business day after the date the application is received by the | ||
authority. | ||
(b-1) If an application is submitted fewer than five | ||
business days before the applicable filing deadline, the review | ||
shall be completed not later than the first Friday after the filing | ||
deadline. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |