75R13211 GGS-D
By Junell H.B. No. 1237
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1237:
By Jones of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 1237
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the number of election clerks in a primary election
1-3 whose service is payable with state funds.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 173.008(c), Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (c) Rules adopted under this section must provide for state
1-8 compensation for sufficient personnel to properly hold the primary,
1-9 taking into account the number of registered voters, number of
1-10 votes cast in previous primary elections, method of voting, and
1-11 other relevant factors, but in no case may state compensation be
1-12 limited to fewer than three [two] clerks for each election precinct
1-13 containing 1,000 or more registered voters.
1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.