88R10950 PRL-F
 
  By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 5069
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for a trial in the contest of an election
  for an office.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 232.0035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 232.0035.  COUNTY CLERK AS NECESSARY PARTY IN CERTAIN
  CONTESTS. (a) In any contested election in which a contestant
  alleges that an election official engaged in conduct described by
  Section 221.003(a)(2), the county clerk is a necessary party to the
  proceedings.
         (b)  A county clerk may not recover fees or costs incurred as
  a party to an election contest as required under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.