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            relating to training for county election officers. | 
         
         
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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 31.126 to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   Sec. 31.126.  TRAINING.  (a)  In this section, "county  | 
         
         
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            election officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.091(1). | 
         
         
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                   (b)  The secretary of state shall provide a standardized  | 
         
         
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            training program and materials for county election officers in the  | 
         
         
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            same manner it provides such a program to election judges and clerks  | 
         
         
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            under Subchapter F, Chapter 32. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 231 passed the Senate on  | 
         
         
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            April 9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 231 passed the House on  | 
         
         
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            May 20, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 4, one  | 
         
         
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            present not voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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            Approved: | 
         
         
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                      Governor |