Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Saturday, May 25, 2013 Page: 3,405
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Amendment
Amend SB 1398 by substituting in lieu thereof the following:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rules governing the allocation of delegates to a political party's national
presidential nominating convention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.007, Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 191.007. ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES. (a) Each political party
holding a presidential primary election shall adopt a rule for allocating delegates
[based ].
(b) A rule adopted under this section may utilize either a proportional or
winner-take-all method, based on the results of the presidential primary election,
which may be based on:
(1) a direct tie to statewide popular vote totals;
(2) a direct tie to congressional or state senatorial district popular vote
totals; or
(3) an alternative disproportionate method that is based on statewide,
congressional district, or state senatorial district popular vote totals.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to delegates allocated:
(1) among party and elected officials; or
(2) through an allocation based on participants registering for or attending a
caucus or similar process, provided that at [At] least 75 percent of the total number of
delegates who are to represent this state at the party's national presidential nominating
convention, excluding delegates allocated among party and elected officials, shall be
allocated in accordance with the rule adopted under this section based on the results of
the presidential primary election [among
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, 2013.
The amendment was read.
Senator Estes moved to concur in the House amendment to SB 1398.
The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
Absent-excused: Carona.
SENATE BILL 1610 WITH HOUSE AMENDMENT
Senator Schwertner called SB 1610 from the President's table for consideration
of the House amendment to the bill.
The Presiding Officer laid the bill and the House amendment before the Senate.Saturday, May 25, 2013
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