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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the manner of state financing of primary elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 173.083, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The secretary of state shall pay in full with state |
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funds the costs for election workers, including election judges and |
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clerks, in a primary election described by this subsection. |
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Excluding the payment of the costs of election workers, the [The] |
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amount of estimated primary election expenses for a general primary |
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election payable with state funds under this section is equal to: |
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(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2) [for a |
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general primary election], the difference obtained by subtracting |
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the sum of the filing fees and contributions reported in the |
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statement of estimated primary election expenses from the total |
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amount of estimated general primary expenses approved by the |
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secretary of state under Section 173.082; and |
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(2) for a county party for which the state chair acts |
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as the fiscal agent under Section 173.0341, the difference obtained |
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by subtracting the amount of the contributions reported in the |
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statement of estimated primary election expenses from the total |
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amount of estimated general primary expenses approved by the |
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secretary of state under Section 173.082. |
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(a-1) The amount of estimated primary election expenses |
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payable with state funds under this section for a runoff primary |
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election is equal to the[,] the total amount of estimated runoff |
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primary expenses approved by the secretary. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |