81R18157 JRJ-D
By: Aycock H.B. No. 334
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 334:
By: Bohac C.S.H.B. No. 334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring an election authority to provide notice to
certain county chairs regarding certain election activities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.124 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.124. PROVISION OF NOTICE TO COUNTY CHAIRS BY
ELECTION AUTHORITY. (a) In this section, "election authority"
means the county clerk, city secretary, or secretary of the
governing body of a political subdivision other than a county or
city or the authority performing the duties of a secretary under
this code.
(b) Each election authority shall deliver written notice of
the time and place of any meeting concerning an election called by
the election authority not later than the fourth day before the
meeting date to the county chair of each political party that made
nominations by primary election for the general election for state
and county officers preceding the date of the meeting.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.