82R18017 JRJ-D
 
  By: Aycock H.B. No. 1136
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1136:
 
  By:  Burkett C.S.H.B. No. 1136
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring an election authority to provide notice to
  certain county chairs regarding certain election activities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 31.124 to read as follows:
         Sec. 31.124.  PROVISION OF NOTICE TO COUNTY CHAIRS BY
  ELECTION AUTHORITY. (a)  In this section, "election authority" 
  means the county clerk or secretary of the governing body of a
  political subdivision other than a county or city or the authority
  performing the duties of a secretary under this code.  The term does
  not include a city secretary.
         (b)  Each election authority shall deliver written notice of
  the time and place of any meeting called by the election authority
  for the purpose of discussing business related to an upcoming
  primary, runoff, or general election not later than 72 hours before
  the meeting date to the county chair of each political party that
  made nominations by primary election for the general election for
  state and county officers preceding the date of the meeting.
         (c)  The notice required by Subsection (b) may be delivered
  by United States mail, electronic mail, or other method of written
  communication, as determined by the election authority.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.