Bill Text: TX SB1730 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a moratorium on certain election practices and procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1730-Introduced.html
By: Springer | S.B. No. 1730 | |
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relating to a moratorium on certain election practices and | ||
procedures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 31.126 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.126. MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN ACTIONS BEFORE ELECTION | ||
DAY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any changes made by an | ||
election authority to a practice or procedure related to election | ||
administration or voter registration must be finalized not later | ||
than the 45th day before election day. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, during the 45 days | ||
preceding election day: | ||
(1) Deviations from the practices or procedures are | ||
presumptively invalid and subject to injunctive relief under | ||
Section 273.081, unless there is a declared state of disaster or | ||
emergency under Chapter 418 or Chapter 433 of the Government Code. | ||
(c) The attorney general may obtain injunctive relief to | ||
enforce this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |