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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a duty to contract for election services furnished for |
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| 10 | 10 | | an election held on the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered |
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| 11 | 11 | | year. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.093(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) If [Subject to Section 41.001(d), if] requested to do so |
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| 16 | 16 | | by a political subdivision, the county elections administrator |
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| 17 | 17 | | shall enter into a contract to furnish the election services |
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| 18 | 18 | | requested, in accordance with a cost schedule agreed on by the |
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| 19 | 19 | | contracting parties. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 41.001(d), Election Code, is repealed. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 22 | 22 | | an election held on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 23 | 23 | | election held before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 24 | 24 | | the law in effect on the date the election was held, and that law is |
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| 25 | 25 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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