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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring an election authority to provide notice to |
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certain county chairs regarding certain election activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 31.124 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.124. PROVISION OF NOTICE TO COUNTY CHAIRS BY |
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ELECTION AUTHORITY. (a) In this section, "election authority" |
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means the county clerk or secretary of the governing body of a |
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political subdivision other than a county or city or the authority |
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performing the duties of a secretary for that political subdivision |
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under this code. |
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(b) Each election authority shall deliver written notice of |
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the time and place of any meeting concerning an election called by |
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the election authority not later than the fourth day before the |
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meeting date to the county chair of each political party that made |
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nominations by primary election for the general election for state |
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and county officers preceding the date of the meeting. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |