83R20101 ADM-F
 
  By: Menendez H.B. No. 3065
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3065:
 
  By:  Wu C.S.H.B. No. 3065
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment of state funds by the secretary of state
  directly to an entity conducting a primary election under contract.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 173.0832, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 173.0832.  DIRECT REPAYMENT TO AUTHORITY
  CONDUCTING  PRIMARY ELECTION UNDER CONTRACT [IN CERTAIN
  COUNTIES].  On request of a county election officer [of a county
  with a population of 100,000 or more] who conducts a primary
  election under an election services contract authorized under
  Subchapter D, Chapter 31, the secretary of state may provide
  payment of primary expenses directly to the officer who incurs the
  expense rather than to the county chair under this subchapter.  The
  secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to implement this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.