By Danburg, Denny, Madden                             H.B. No. 2336
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the distribution of federal funds made available to
 1-3     assist the state in the administration of elections.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 31.009 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 31.009.  DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS. (a)  If federal
 1-8     funds are made available to assist the state in the administration
 1-9     of elections, including assistance for the phasing out or
1-10     prohibition of the use of punch-card ballot voting systems in this
1-11     state, the secretary of state shall administer and distribute the
1-12     funds as appropriate to most effectively facilitate the purposes
1-13     for which the funds are made available.
1-14           (b)  The secretary of state shall prescribe any necessary
1-15     rules and take any appropriate action to implement this section.
1-16           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-17                          COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
1-18     Amend H.B. 2336 as follows:
1-19     On line 16, strike Section 2. and substitute the following:
1-20           "Section 2.  EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
1-21     and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
 2-1     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
 2-2     passage, and it is so enacted.
 2-3                                                                   Denny