By: Faircloth (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 3157

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015; May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notice of cancellation of elections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2.081, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) A county election officer, as defined by Section 31.091, may use a single combined notice of cancellation under Subsection (b) for all authorities:

(1) for which the officer provides election services under contract; and

(2) that declare an election moot under Subsection (a).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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