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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2514 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the provision of information relating to certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | election officials appointed by the commissioners court. |
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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. Section 32.012, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 32.012. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO ELECTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | OFFICIALS [JUDGES] APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) After |
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| 14 | 14 | | the commissioners court appoints a presiding election judge and an |
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| 15 | 15 | | alternate presiding judge, the county clerk shall provide to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | county chair of each political party a list of the individuals |
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| 17 | 17 | | appointed by the commissioners court to serve as presiding election |
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| 18 | 18 | | judge and alternate presiding judge. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) On the written request of a county chair of a political |
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| 20 | 20 | | party holding a primary election in the county, the county clerk |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall provide to the county chair a list of: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) election officers appointed under Section 85.009; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) judges appointed under Section 32.002; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) for each individual listed under Subdivision (1) |
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| 25 | 25 | | or (2): |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) the political party that submitted the list |
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| 27 | 27 | | from which the individual was appointed; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) the polling location to which the individual |
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| 29 | 29 | | is assigned. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The county clerk shall provide a list provided to a |
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| 31 | 31 | | county chair under Subsection (b): |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) not later than the fifth business day after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | date the county chair makes the request; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) if the request is made after the 14th day before |
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| 35 | 35 | | the election, not later than the third business day after the date |
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| 36 | 36 | | the county chair makes the request. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (d) A [The appointment] list under this section must be |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided in writing. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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