82R6940 ATP-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 1039
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of bilingual election materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 272, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 272.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 272.011. BILINGUAL ELECTION MATERIALS REQUIRED IN
CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (a) If the director of the census
determines under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a that a political
subdivision must provide election materials in a language other
than English or Spanish, the political subdivision shall provide
election materials in that language in the same manner in which the
political subdivision would be required to provide materials in
Spanish under this chapter, to the extent applicable.
(b) The secretary of state shall prepare the translation for
election materials required to be provided in a language other than
English or Spanish to the same extent that the secretary of state
prepares Spanish translations under Section 272.007.
(c) The secretary of state may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.