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| 1 | 1 | 81R3069 DRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 419 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of certain voting equipment in a city election | |
| 8 | 8 | that is not held jointly with an election in which a federal office | |
| 9 | 9 | appears on the ballot. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 61.013, Election Code, as added by | |
| 12 | 12 | Chapter 1182 (H.B. 556), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular | |
| 13 | 13 | Session, 2007, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | |
| 14 | 14 | follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for an election of a | |
| 16 | 16 | city with a population of less than 5,000, other than an election | |
| 17 | 17 | that is held jointly with another election in which a federal office | |
| 18 | 18 | appears on the ballot, the city is not required to meet the | |
| 19 | 19 | requirements of Section 61.012(a)(1)(C). | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |