89R3244 TSS-D
By: Cook, Shaheen, Bucy, Raymond, Vasut H.B. No. 1968
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a duty to contract for election services furnished for
an election held on the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered
year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.093(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) If [Subject to Section 41.001(d), if] requested to do so
by a political subdivision, the county elections administrator
shall enter into a contract to furnish the election services
requested, in accordance with a cost schedule agreed on by the
contracting parties.
SECTION 2. Section 41.001(d), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election held on or after the effective date of this Act. An
election held before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the election was held, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.