By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1136
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1136 By: Fraser
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) A county election officer of each county
shall hold a meeting with the county chair of each political party
to discuss, as appropriate, the following for each primary election
or general election for state and county officers:
(1) the lists provided by each political party under
Section 85.009;
(2) the lists provided by each political party under
Section 87.002(c); and
(3) the implementation of Subchapters A, B, C, and D,
Chapter 87.
(b) A county election officer of each county shall deliver
written notice of the time and place of the meeting required by
Subsection (a) 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 county election officer.
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.
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