Bill Text: TX HB3250 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an agreement under which a state party chair serves as a fiscal agent for a county party.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Left pending in committee [HB3250 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3250-Introduced.html
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By: Allen | H.B. No. 3250 |
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relating to an agreement under which a state party chair serves as a | ||
fiscal agent for a county party. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 173.032(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The state chair may, with the consent of the secretary | ||
of state and the county chair or county executive committee, if one | ||
exists for the county, accept money into the state primary fund on | ||
behalf of a county party. The state chair must keep records to | ||
track the money that is attributable to a county. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 173, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 173.0341 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 173.0341. STATE CHAIR AS FISCAL AGENT FOR COUNTY | ||
PARTY. (a) A state chair, or the designee of a state chair, may | ||
enter into an agreement with a county chair under which the state | ||
chair will act as a fiscal agent for the county party. | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of an | ||
agreement under this section. | ||
(c) If the state chair acts as the fiscal agent for a county | ||
party in accordance with an agreement under this section: | ||
(1) the state chair shall deliver the completed | ||
agreement to the secretary of state; | ||
(2) any filing fee received by the county party under | ||
Subchapter C must be made payable to the state party for deposit in | ||
the state primary fund; | ||
(3) the county chair or county executive committee | ||
shall make a request in accordance with Section 31.093 to enter into | ||
a contract with the county elections administrator to conduct | ||
primary elections in the county; and | ||
(4) Section 173.031 does not apply to the county | ||
party. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 173.061, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 173.061. FEE PAID TO COUNTY CHAIR. Except as provided | ||
by Section 173.0341(c)(2), the [ |
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the county primary fund each filing fee accompanying an application | ||
for a place on the ballot filed with the county chair. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2019. |