Bill Text: TX HB1593 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of a candidate's e-mail address on an official application for a place on the ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1593 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1593-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1593

AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of a candidate's e-mail address on an
official application for a place on the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.039, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 141.039. OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM. In addition to
the other statements and spaces for entering information that
appear on an officially prescribed form for an application for a
place on the ballot, each official form for an application that a
candidate is required to file under this code must include:
(1) a space for indicating the form in which the
candidate's name is to appear on the ballot;
(2) a space for the candidate's mailing address;
(3) spaces for the candidate's home and office
telephone numbers and e-mail address; and
(4) a statement informing candidates that the
furnishing of the telephone numbers or e-mail address is optional.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1593 was passed by the House on April
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1593 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor