89R2060 MLH-D
 
  By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 509
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action
  under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 273,
  Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 273, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 273.082 to read as follows:
         Sec. 273.082.  TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE.  As soon
  as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code seeking
  a temporary restraining order, a court must notify the attorney
  general of the hearing.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.