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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority to cancel an election on a measure. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2.081, Election Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2.081. CANCELLATION OF [MOOT] MEASURE. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.081, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b) and (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) If not earlier than the 90th day before an election, |
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regardless of the outcome of the election, the authority that |
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ordered the election on the measure may remove the measure from the |
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ballot. |
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(b) If a measure is removed from the ballot [declared moot] |
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under this section [and is removed from the ballot], the authority |
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holding the election shall post notice of the declaration during |
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early voting by personal appearance and on election day, at each |
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polling place that would have been used for the election on the |
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measure. |
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(c) A county election officer, as defined by Section 31.091, |
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may use a single combined notice of cancellation under Subsection |
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(b) for all authorities: |
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(1) for which the officer provides election services |
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under contract; and |
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(2) that remove a measure from the ballot [declare an |
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election moot] under Subsection (a) or (a-1). |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |