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| 1 | 1 | 89R15863 LRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Plesa H.B. No. 3916 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the posting of certain election declarations on the | |
| 10 | 10 | Internet website of the governmental entity holding the election. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 2.053, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (f) If a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the | |
| 15 | 15 | political subdivision shall post the declaration on its Internet | |
| 16 | 16 | website until the 30th day after the date the unopposed candidate is | |
| 17 | 17 | sworn into office. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 2.081(b), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 19 | 19 | read as follows: | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) If a measure is declared moot under this section and is | |
| 21 | 21 | removed from the ballot, the authority holding the election shall | |
| 22 | 22 | post notice of the declaration: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) during early voting by personal appearance and on | |
| 24 | 24 | election day, at each polling place that would have been used for | |
| 25 | 25 | the election on the measure; and | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) on the authority's Internet website until the 30th | |
| 27 | 27 | day after the date of the election. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |