By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Huffman)	H.B. No. 1593
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
	May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 17, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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.
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