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By: Blanco (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) |
H.B. No. 2721 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015; |
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May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public notice of the time for voting during an early |
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voting period. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.007, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Any notice required under this section must also be |
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posted: |
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(1) on the Internet website of the authority ordering |
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the election, if the authority maintains a website; and |
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(2) for a primary election or general election, by the |
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secretary of state on the secretary's Internet website. |
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(e) The authority ordering an election shall forward its |
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election notice to the secretary of state in a manner that affords |
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the secretary of state sufficient time to comply with Subsection |
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(d)(2). |
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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, 2015. |
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