| 1 | 1 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1909 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action |
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| 7 | 7 | | under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 273, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Election Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SUBCHAPTER E. INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 273, Election Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 273.082 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 273.082. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE. As soon |
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| 15 | 15 | | as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code seeking |
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| 16 | 16 | | a temporary restraining order, a court must notify the attorney |
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| 17 | 17 | | general of the hearing. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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