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AN ACT
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relating to requiring an election authority to provide notice to |
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certain county chairs regarding certain election activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 31.124 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.124. PROVISION OF NOTICE TO COUNTY CHAIRS BY |
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ELECTION AUTHORITY. (a) A county election officer of each county |
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shall hold a meeting with the county chair of each political party |
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to discuss, as appropriate, the following for each primary election |
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or general election for state and county officers: |
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(1) the lists provided by each political party under |
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Section 85.009; |
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(2) the lists provided by each political party under |
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Section 87.002(c); and |
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(3) the implementation of Subchapters A, B, C, and D, |
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Chapter 87. |
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(b) A county election officer of each county shall deliver |
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written notice of the time and place of the meeting required by |
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Subsection (a) not later than 72 hours before the meeting date to |
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the county chair of each political party that made nominations by |
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primary election for the general election for state and county |
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officers preceding the date of the meeting. |
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(c) The notice required by Subsection (b) may be delivered |
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by United States mail, electronic mail, or other method of written |
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communication, as determined by the county election officer. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1136 was passed by the House on April |
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14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1136 on May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1136 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0 |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |