Bill
Number: H.B. 2269
Gowan
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: APPROPRIATIONS Committee amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Requires a candidate
for legislative office to be a qualified elector of and reside in the district
which the candidate proposes to represent for one year before the date of the
election, rather than before the date of filing for nomination.
2. Applies, to the 75
percent of one-year residency requirement, any days of active or reserve
military duty and any days during which a legislative candidate is required by
the candidate's occupation to travel out of the state.
3. Allows a legislative
candidate to meet the one-year residency requirement for the first legislative
election after legislative redistricting by aggregating the time of residence
in the candidate's previous and new legislative districts, if the candidate's
residence in the new district is within 10 miles of the candidate's previous
district boundary line.
Fifty-fourth Legislature Gowan
First
Regular Session H.B. 2269
GOWAN FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2269
(Reference to APPROPRIATIONS
Committee amendment)
Page
2, line 14, strike "filing" insert "the election"
Line
17, after the period insert "For candidates for legislative
office, any days of active or reserve military duty and any days during which
the CANDIDATE is required by the CANDIDATE'S occupation or EMPLOYMENT TO travel
OUTSIDE of this state are deemed to constitute a portion of the seventy‑five
percent residency requirement. For the one-year requirement for the first
legislative ELECTION that occurs using LEGISLATIVE district lines that are
revised after legislative redistricting, a legislative candidate may aggregate
the time of residence in the candidate's previous legislative district with the
time of residence in the candidate's new legislative district if the
CANDIDATE'S residence in the new district is within ten miles of the district
boundary line of the CANDIDATE'S previous district."
Page
5, line 21, strike "filing" insert "the election"
Line
23, after the period insert "For candidates for legislative
office, any days of active or reserve military duty and any days during which
the CANDIDATE is required by the CANDIDATE'S occupation or EMPLOYMENT TO travel
OUTSIDE of this state are deemed to constitute a portion of the seventy‑five
percent residency requirement. For the one-year requirement for the first
legislative ELECTION that occurs using LEGISLATIVE district lines that are
revised after legislative redistricting, a legislative candidate may aggregate
the time of residence in the candidate's previous legislative district with the
time of residence in the candidate's new legislative district if the
CANDIDATE'S residence in the new district is within ten miles of the district
boundary line of the CANDIDATE'S previous district."
Amend title to conform