| 1 | 1 | | 85R2557 ATP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 2010 |
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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 procedures for the determination of the validity of |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain petitions filed in connection with an election. |
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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. Chapter 277, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sections 277.005 and 277.006 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 277.005. PETITION FORM. (a) The secretary of state |
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| 13 | 13 | | may adopt a petition form that may be used for a petition authorized |
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| 14 | 14 | | or required to be filed by a law outside this code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The authority to which a petition using the form adopted |
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| 16 | 16 | | under Subsection (a) is submitted may not invalidate a petition |
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| 17 | 17 | | because the petition did not contain information required by |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 277.002(a)(1) that the petition form failed to provide or |
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| 19 | 19 | | to require to be provided. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 277.006. CERTIFICATION OF VOTERS BY SECRETARY OF |
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| 21 | 21 | | STATE. (a) The authority to which a petition is submitted shall |
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| 22 | 22 | | provide the petition to the secretary of state for certification |
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| 23 | 23 | | under Subsection (b). |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The secretary of state shall certify whether the signers |
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| 25 | 25 | | of a petition provided to the secretary under Subsection (a) are |
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| 26 | 26 | | registered voters of the applicable territory and shall deliver the |
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| 27 | 27 | | results of the certification to the authority. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) An authority may not invalidate a petition signature |
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| 29 | 29 | | based on the signer's ineligibility to sign the petition if the |
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| 30 | 30 | | secretary of state certified the signer under this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Section 277.006, Election Code, as added by this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act, applies only to a petition submitted on or after the effective |
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| 33 | 33 | | date of this Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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