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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 10. POLITICAL PARTIES |
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Subtitle B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION |
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Chapter 171. ORGANIZATION |
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Subchapter C. DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
Sec. 171.054. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT SITUATED IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY; FIRST MEETING
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(a) The district executive committee for a district situated in more than one county consists of:
(1) the county chair of each county that is wholly situated in the district; and
(2) one precinct chair from each county that is only partly situated in the district, elected by and from among the precinct chairs of the precincts in that part of the county.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the county chair shall call a meeting to convene at any time after the precinct chairs take office to elect the precinct chair who is to serve on a district executive committee. The county chair shall notify the appropriate precinct chairs in advance of the meeting of its time, place, and purpose. Not later than the third day after the date the district executive committee member is elected, the county chair shall deliver to the state chair written notice of the name and address of the person elected.
(c) If a vacancy exists in the office of precinct chair on a senatorial district executive committee immediately before the date for conducting the regular drawing for a place on the general primary ballot, the appropriate precinct chairs shall convene on that date at the hour and place specified by the county chair to elect that officer.
(d) The members of a district executive committee shall elect a chair at the committee's first meeting from among the committee membership.
(e) The state chair shall call the first meeting of the district executive committee and shall notify each committee member in advance of the meeting of its time, place, and purpose.