HBA-MPM C.S.H.B. 265 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 265 By: Hochberg Elections 3/23/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, those persons who intend to run for state senator or representative must file to run for office at their respective party's state or county office. This may inhibit the ability of other persons to obtain information regarding candidates in a timely manner. C.S.H.B. 265 creates a uniform place for all persons who intend to run for senator or representative to file by requiring them to file with the state chair. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 172.022(a), Election Code, to provide that an application for a place on the general primary election ballot for the office of state senator or state representative be filed with the state chair, and an office other than that of state senator or state representative be filed with the county chair or the secretary. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1023 modifies the original bill by amending SECTION 1, as follows: SECTION 1. Deletes the proposed provision specifying that an application for a place on the general primary ballot for the office of state senator or state representative must be filed with the secretary of state, and proposes instead that an application for a place on the general primary election ballot must be filed with the state chair, if the office is for state senator or state representative. C.S.H.B. 1023 further modifies the original bill by deleting proposed SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, and 5, which reflect conforming changes in the original bill, and redesignating SECTION 6 (effective date) and SECTION 7 (emergency clause) to SECTIONS 2 and 3, respectively.