Bill Text: TX HB1149 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to giving notice of certain information about certain elections electronically.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1149-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1149 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1149: | |||
| By: Laubenberg | C.S.H.B. No. 1149 | ||
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| relating to giving notice of certain information about certain | ||
| elections electronically. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 4.004, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) The notice of a general or special election must state: | ||
| (1) the nature and date of the election; | ||
| (2) except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| and (e), the location of each polling place; | ||
| (3) the hours that the polls will be open; and | ||
| (4) any other information required by other law. | ||
| (e) If notice of an election taking place in a county with a | ||
| population of more than 3.3 million is given by publishing the | ||
| notice in a newspaper, the notice may provide the address of an | ||
| Internet website that lists the location of each polling place, and | ||
| a phone number a person may call to obtain the same information, | ||
| instead of stating the location of each polling place. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
