Bill Text: TX HB705 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to defense of certain actions brought against election judges and clerks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Elections [HB705 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB705-Introduced.html

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88R2158 TSS-D
By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 705

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to defense of certain actions brought against election
judges and clerks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Election Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter Z to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 32.901. DEFENSE OF SUIT AGAINST ELECTION JUDGES AND
CLERKS. A district attorney shall defend an action, including an
action for writ of mandamus, brought against an election judge or
election clerk that alleges that the judge or clerk violated a
provision of this code while acting in the judge's or clerk's
official capacity in the county served by the district attorney.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.