88R10950 PRL-F
By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 5069
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for a trial in the contest of an election
for an office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 232.0035 to read as follows:
Sec. 232.0035. COUNTY CLERK AS NECESSARY PARTY IN CERTAIN
CONTESTS. (a) In any contested election in which a contestant
alleges that an election official engaged in conduct described by
Section 221.003(a)(2), the county clerk is a necessary party to the
proceedings.
(b) A county clerk may not recover fees or costs incurred as
a party to an election contest as required under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.