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| 1 | 1 | By: Springer S.B. No. 1730 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to a moratorium on certain election practices and | |
| 7 | 7 | procedures. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 31.126 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 31.126. MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN ACTIONS BEFORE ELECTION | |
| 12 | 12 | DAY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any changes made by an | |
| 13 | 13 | election authority to a practice or procedure related to election | |
| 14 | 14 | administration or voter registration must be finalized not later | |
| 15 | 15 | than the 45th day before election day. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, during the 45 days | |
| 17 | 17 | preceding election day: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) Deviations from the practices or procedures are | |
| 19 | 19 | presumptively invalid and subject to injunctive relief under | |
| 20 | 20 | Section 273.081, unless there is a declared state of disaster or | |
| 21 | 21 | emergency under Chapter 418 or Chapter 433 of the Government Code. | |
| 22 | 22 | (c) The attorney general may obtain injunctive relief to | |
| 23 | 23 | enforce this section. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |