Bill Text: TX HB5069 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for a trial in the contest of an election for an office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Elections [HB5069 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5069-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales Shaw | H.B. No. 5069 | |
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| relating to requirements for a trial in the contest of an election | ||
| for an office. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 232.0035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 232.0035. COUNTY CLERK AS NECESSARY PARTY IN CERTAIN | ||
| CONTESTS. (a) In any contested election in which a contestant | ||
| alleges that an election official engaged in conduct described by | ||
| Section 221.003(a)(2), the county clerk is a necessary party to the | ||
| proceedings. | ||
| (b) A county clerk may not recover fees or costs incurred as | ||
| a party to an election contest as required under Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
