82R9915 JRJ-D By: Christian H.B. No. 1713 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to payment of expenses for certain elections. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1.014(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) For [Each county in the territory covered by] an election ordered by the governor: (1) each county in the territory covered by the election shall pay the expenses incurred in that particular county in the conduct of the election only if the election includes the election of the officers of the county government or a measure applicable to the county; or (2) the expenses incurred in the conduct of the election shall be paid by legislative appropriation administered by the secretary of state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.