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By: Bettencourt |
S.B. No. 1909 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 4, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 4, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1909 |
By: Bettencourt |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action |
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under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 273, |
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Election Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 273, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 273.082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 273.082. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE. As soon |
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as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code seeking |
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a temporary restraining order, a court must notify the attorney |
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general of the hearing. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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