Bill Text: TX SB893 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that the comptroller of public accounts receive copies of orders adopted in connection with the administration of elections.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB893 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB893-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 893 |
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relating to the requirement that the comptroller of public accounts | ||
receive copies of orders adopted in connection with the | ||
administration of elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.032(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the | ||
order to the secretary of state [ |
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adopted. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12.034(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Not later than the third day after the date the | ||
rescission order is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a | ||
certified copy of the order to the secretary of state [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 31.031(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) Not later than the third day after the date the order is | ||
adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the | ||
order to: | ||
(1) the secretary of state; and | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 31.048(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Not later than the third day after the date an order | ||
abolishing the position of administrator is adopted, the county | ||
clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary | ||
of state [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 31.071(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Not later than the third day after the date the order is | ||
adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the | ||
order to the secretary of state [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 31.076(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Not later than the third day after the date the | ||
rescission order is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a | ||
certified copy of the order to the secretary of state [ |
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SECTION 7. Section 31.152(h), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(h) Not later than the third day after the date the order is | ||
adopted, the chair of the joint elections commission shall deliver | ||
a certified copy of the order to: | ||
(1) the secretary of state; | ||
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any; and | ||
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entity. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 31.170(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Not later than the third day after the date an order | ||
abolishing the position of joint elections administrator is | ||
adopted, the county clerk of the most populous participating county | ||
shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary of | ||
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SECTION 9. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an order adopted on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
order adopted before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the order was adopted, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 893 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 893 passed the House on | ||
May 14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |