By Madla S.B. No. 508 75R3493 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the costs for early voting in a primary election. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 173.003, Election Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 173.003. EXPENSES INCURRED BY COUNTY. (a) Except as 1-7 otherwise provided by law, the county shall pay all the expenses 1-8 incurred in connection with early voting in a primary election, 1-9 except expenses relating to the printing of early voting ballots, 1-10 and any other expenses incurred by a county authority in connection 1-11 with a primary election. 1-12 (b) A county may request state funds for the payment of 1-13 expenses incurred under Subsection (a) in the manner prescribed by 1-14 the secretary of state. Subject to legislative appropriation, the 1-15 secretary may grant, deny, or limit the amount of state funds 1-16 requested under this subsection. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.