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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an election services contract between a county |
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elections administrator and a political party. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 31.092(b), (d), and (e), Election Code, |
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are transferred to Section 31.093, Election Code, redesignated as |
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Sections 31.093(c), (d), and (e), Election Code, respectively, and |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) [(b)] The county election officer shall [may] contract |
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with the county executive committee of a political party holding a |
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primary election in the county to perform election services, as |
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provided by this subchapter, in the party's general primary |
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election and [or] runoff primary election in accordance with a cost |
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schedule agreed on by the contracting parties[, or both]. |
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(d) In a contract required [authorized] by Subsection (c) |
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[(b)], the county election officer may not prevent the county chair |
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or the chair's designee from supervising the conduct of the primary |
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election, including the tabulation of results, as required by |
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Chapter 172. |
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(e) A [If a] county election officer [enters into a contract
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with a county executive committee under Subsection (b) to perform
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election services, the officer] must offer to contract on the same |
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terms with the county executive committee of each political party |
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holding a primary election in the county. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.093(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If requested to do so by a political subdivision [or
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political party], the county elections administrator shall enter |
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into a contract to furnish the election services requested, in |
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accordance with a cost schedule agreed on by the contracting |
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parties. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |