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Texas Election Code - Section 174.063. Time And Place Of Convention

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§ 174.063. TIME AND PLACE OF CONVENTION.  (a) The county 
and senatorial district conventions shall be held on the third 
Saturday after general primary election day.  However, if that date 
occurs during Passover or on the day following Good Friday, the 
conventions shall be held on the next Saturday that does not occur 
during Passover or on the day following Good Friday.
	(b)  The hour and place for the convening of a county 
convention shall be set in the same manner as for the precinct 
conventions held under this chapter.
	(c)  The hour and place for the convening of a senatorial 
district convention shall be set in the same manner as for the 
precinct conventions held under this chapter, except that only 
those members of the county executive committee who are the 
precinct chairs for the precincts in the territory represented at 
the senatorial district convention may participate in setting the 
convention's hour and place, and if they fail to do so, the 
temporary chair of the senatorial district convention shall set the 
hour and place.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 333, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 29, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th 
Leg., ch. 864, § 180, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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