By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 509
(In the Senate - Filed November 25, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 17, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; March 17, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action
under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 273,
Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 273, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 273.082 to read as follows:
Sec. 273.082. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE. As soon
as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code seeking
a temporary restraining order, a court must notify the attorney
general of the hearing.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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