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62nd LEGISLATURE-2nd CALLED SESSION
ELECTIONS-PRIMARY FINANCING LAW OF 1972
CHAPTER 2 2
S. B. No. 1
An Act relating to the conduct and financing of primary elections held during the
year 1972; making appropriations for financing the elections; and declaring
an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. Purpose
The invalidation by federal court decisions of the statutory method
of financing primary elections in this State necessitates legislative action
to provide a solution to the impasse facing political parties which cast
more than 200,000 votes for Governor in the last preceding general elec-
tion, in that the existing law requires that their nominations for the
general election be made in primary elections but they are left without
adequate means to finance the primaries. The purpose of this Act is to
provide a temporary solution to the impasse by enacting provisions re-
lating to the conduct and financing of primary elections for the year
1972.
Sec. 1-A. Short Title
This Act may be cited as the McKool-Stroud Primary Financing Law
of 1972.
Sec. 2. Conduct of the Primary Elections
Nominations for the general election to be held on November 7, 1972,
shall be made in the manner provided in the Texas Election Code. The
primary elections held by a political party pursuant to Sections 180 and
181, Texas Election Code (Articles 13.02 and 13.03, Vernon's Texas Elec-
tion Code), shall be conducted through the party's state executive com-
mittee and county executive committees in accordance with the procedures
detailed in the Election Code, with the following modifications and clari-
fications:
(1) In order for a candidate to have his name placed on the ballot for
the general primary election, he must have either paid a filing fee or
filed a nominating petition in compliance with the directives issued by
the Secretary of State following the decision in Johnston v. Bullock, et
al., CA 3-5373-C, United States District Court for the Northern District
of Texas, Dallas Division, which declared the statutory system of fees and
assessments to be invalid.
(2) The fees paid to the county chairman pursuant to the directives
of the Secretary of State and any contributions made to the county chair-
man or the county executive committee for the specific purpose of help-
ing defray the costs of the primary elections shall be deposited to the
credit of the primary fund referred to in Section 196 (Article 13.18) of
the Election Code and shall be applied to payment of the costs of the
primary elections. The county chairman and the committee may also
use any other available funds toward defraying the costs. The remain-
ing costs incurred after the effective date of this Act shall be borne by
2. V.A.T.S. Election Code, art. 13.08c-1,
I 1 to 4-A.
21Ch. 2
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