82R18017 JRJ-D
By: Aycock H.B. No. 1136
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 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. The term does
not include a city secretary.
(b) Each election authority shall deliver written notice of
the time and place of any meeting called by the election authority
for the purpose of discussing business related to an upcoming
primary, runoff, or general election not later than 72 hours 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.
(c) The notice required by Subsection (b) may be delivered
by United States mail, electronic mail, or other method of written
communication, as determined by the election authority.
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, 2011.