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| 6 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 7 | | relating to the election of certain unopposed candidates. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 2.053(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | (a) On receipt of the certification, the governing body of |
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| 13 | 12 | | the political subdivision by order or ordinance shall [may] declare |
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| 14 | 13 | | each unopposed candidate elected to the office. If no election is to |
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| 15 | 14 | | be held on election day by the political subdivision, a copy of the |
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| 16 | 15 | | order or ordinance shall be posted on election day at each polling |
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| 17 | 16 | | place used or that would have been used in the election. |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 2.056(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 19 | 18 | | read as follows: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (c) A certifying authority shall [may] declare a candidate |
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| 21 | 20 | | elected to an office of the state or county government if, were the |
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| 22 | 21 | | election held, only the votes cast for that candidate in the |
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| 23 | 22 | | election for that office may be counted. |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Section 52.092(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 25 | 24 | | read as follows: |
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| 26 | 25 | | (a) Except as provided by Section 2.053(c) or 2.056(e), for |
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| 27 | 26 | | [For] an election at which offices regularly filled at the general |
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| 28 | 27 | | election for state and county officers are to appear on the ballot, |
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| 29 | 28 | | the offices shall be listed in the following order: |
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| 30 | 29 | | (1) offices of the federal government; |
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| 31 | 30 | | (2) offices of the state government: |
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| 32 | 31 | | (A) statewide offices; |
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| 33 | 32 | | (B) district offices; |
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| 34 | 33 | | (3) offices of the county government: |
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| 35 | 34 | | (A) county offices; |
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| 36 | 35 | | (B) precinct offices. |
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| 37 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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