Bill Text: TX HB3152 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to candidates who are ineligible for office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-19 - Referred to Elections [HB3152 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3152-Introduced.html
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| By: Noble | H.B. No. 3152 | |
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| relating to candidates who are ineligible for office. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 145, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 145.0035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 145.0035. SECRETARY OF STATE TO SEEK REMOVAL OF | ||
| INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE FROM BALLOT. If the secretary of state | ||
| becomes aware of a candidate who has withdrawn, has died, or is | ||
| ineligible but whose name has not been omitted from the ballot, the | ||
| secretary may petition a district court for appropriate relief. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
