88R6287 MPF-F
 
  By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 825
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the deadline for submitting certain recount petitions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 212.028, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a petition for an
  initial recount must be submitted by 5 p.m. of the third business
  [second] day after the date the canvassing authority to whose
  presiding officer the petition must be submitted completes its
  canvass of the original election returns.
         (c)  If the deadline for submitting a petition for an initial
  recount falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state holiday, the
  deadline is extended to 10 a.m. of the next regular business day.
         SECTION 2.  Section 212.083, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 212.083.  DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PETITION.  The
  deadline for submitting a recount petition under this subchapter is
  2 p.m. of the second [first] day after the date of the local
  canvass.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.