85R1049 SRS-D     By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 374       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the time period for the withdrawal of a candidate for a   general primary election.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 172.052(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A candidate for nomination may not withdraw from the   general primary election after the third [first] day after the date   of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election.          SECTION 2.  Section 172.054(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The deadline for filing an application for a place on   the general primary election ballot is extended as provided by this   section if a candidate who has made an application that complies   with the applicable requirements:                (1)  dies on or after the fifth day before the date of   the regular filing deadline and on or before the first day after the   date of the regular filing deadline;                (2)  holds the office for which the application was   made and:                      (A)  withdraws on or before the third day after   the date of the regular filing deadline; or                      (B)  is declared ineligible on the date of the   regular filing deadline or the first day after the date of the   regular filing deadline; or                (3)  withdraws or is declared ineligible during the   period prescribed by Subdivision (2)(A) or (B), as applicable    [(2)], and at the time of the withdrawal or declaration of   ineligibility no other candidate has made an application that   complies with the applicable requirements for the office sought by   the withdrawn or ineligible candidate.          SECTION 3.  Section 172.057, Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 172.057.  WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE   CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT. A   candidate's name shall be omitted from the general primary election   ballot if the candidate [withdraws,] dies[,] or is declared   ineligible on or before the first day after the date of the regular   filing deadline or withdraws on or before the third day after the   date of the regular filing deadline.          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, 2017.