| 1 | 1 | | 84R508 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 2046 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an election services contract between a county |
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| 8 | 8 | | elections administrator and a political party. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 31.092(b), (d), and (e), Election Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | are transferred to Section 31.093, Election Code, redesignated as |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sections 31.093(c), (d), and (e), Election Code, respectively, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) [(b)] The county election officer shall [may] contract |
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| 15 | 15 | | with the county executive committee of a political party holding a |
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| 16 | 16 | | primary election in the county to perform election services, as |
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| 17 | 17 | | provided by this subchapter, in the party's general primary |
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| 18 | 18 | | election and [or] runoff primary election in accordance with a cost |
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| 19 | 19 | | schedule agreed on by the contracting parties[, or both]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d) In a contract required [authorized] by Subsection (c) |
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| 21 | 21 | | [(b)], the county election officer may not prevent the county chair |
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| 22 | 22 | | or the chair's designee from supervising the conduct of the primary |
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| 23 | 23 | | election, including the tabulation of results, as required by |
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| 24 | 24 | | Chapter 172. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (e) A [If a] county election officer [enters into a contract |
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| 26 | 26 | | with a county executive committee under Subsection (b) to perform |
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| 27 | 27 | | election services, the officer] must offer to contract on the same |
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| 28 | 28 | | terms with the county executive committee of each political party |
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| 29 | 29 | | holding a primary election in the county. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Section 31.093(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 31 | 31 | | read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) If requested to do so by a political subdivision [or |
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| 33 | 33 | | political party], the county elections administrator shall enter |
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| 34 | 34 | | into a contract to furnish the election services requested, in |
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| 35 | 35 | | accordance with a cost schedule agreed on by the contracting |
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| 36 | 36 | | parties. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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