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Section 181.066. Organizing Precinct Convention

TX Elec COde § 181.066 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 181.066. ORGANIZING PRECINCT CONVENTION. (a) Unless the state executive committee has adopted rules providing that the precinct chair is the permanent chair, the precinct chair is the temporary chair of a precinct convention held under this chapter. If the precinct chair is absent or declines the position, a participant may act as a temporary chair.

(b) Before conducting business, the precinct chair or temporary chair shall prepare a list containing the name and residence address of each person who is admitted to participate in the convention. In preparing the list, the chair shall use information from preregistration if the party has adopted a preregistration process under Section 162.017.

(c) The precinct chair or temporary chair shall call the convention to order.

(d) The convention shall select a convention chair if a temporary chair is acting as chair. The convention may select any other officers considered necessary to conduct the convention's business.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 192, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 3102), Sec. 30, eff. June 14, 2013.

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