Bill Text: TX HB920 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to additional primary election ballot information for judicial candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Left pending in committee [HB920 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB920-Introduced.html
84R1599 SRS-F | ||
By: Sheets | H.B. No. 920 |
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relating to additional primary election ballot information for | ||
judicial candidates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 172, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 172.0861 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.0861. ADDITIONAL BALLOT INFORMATION FOR JUDICIAL | ||
CANDIDATES. (a) This section applies only to a judicial office | ||
that appears on the primary or runoff primary election ballot. This | ||
section does not apply to a constitutional county judge. | ||
(b) A candidate for a judicial office who is the incumbent | ||
for the office may request that the ballot indicate the candidate's | ||
incumbency adjacent to the candidate's name. | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe the method and | ||
manner for including the information described by this section on | ||
the ballot. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |