Bill Text: TX HB2628 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the manner of reporting and maintaining certain information relating to candidates and election returns.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2628 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2628-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2628 |
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relating to the manner of reporting and maintaining certain | ||
information relating to candidates and election returns. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 67.007(a), (c), and (d), Election Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For each election for a statewide, [ |
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county, or precinct office, a statewide measure, or president and | ||
vice-president of the United States, the county clerk of each | ||
county in the territory covered by the election shall prepare | ||
county election returns. | ||
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(d) Not later than 24 hours after completion of the local | ||
canvass, the county clerk shall deliver to the secretary of state, | ||
in the manner directed by the secretary, the county returns [ |
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SECTION 2. Sections 67.008(b) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of state | ||
as provided by Section 67.007. [ |
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(c) The secretary of state shall retain the returns [ |
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legislative session, when the secretary shall deliver the returns | ||
to the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 67.009(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) With the delivery of the official county returns forms, | ||
the secretary of state shall deliver[ |
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delivery of the county election returns[ |
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SECTION 4. Section 181.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date of the filing | ||
deadline prescribed by Section 181.033, the authority with whom an | ||
application is filed shall deliver to the secretary of state a list | ||
containing: | ||
(1) each candidate's name; | ||
(2) each candidate's residence address; | ||
(3) the office sought by the candidate; [ |
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(4) the date on which the candidate filed the | ||
application; and | ||
(5) any additional information required by the | ||
secretary of state. | ||
(c) A list delivered under Subsection (b) must be in a | ||
format prescribed by the secretary of state. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 181.068(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The presiding officer of each convention held under this | ||
chapter shall certify, in a format prescribed by the secretary of | ||
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name and address of each candidate nominated by the convention. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2628 was passed by the House on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2628 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 7, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2628 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |