Bill Text: TX SB1909 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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88R6461 MLH-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1909

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of a temporary restraining order
under the Election Code.
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. ADMINISTRATION OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER. A court that issues a temporary restraining order under this
code shall submit a copy of that temporary restraining order to the
office of the attorney general.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.