Bill Text: TX SB1909 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Referred to Elections [SB1909 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1909-Engrossed.html
| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1909 | |
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| 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, 2023. | ||
