Bill Text: TX HB4418 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the manner of state financing of primary elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Elections [HB4418 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4418-Introduced.html

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87R10530 SLB-F
By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 4418

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the manner of state financing of primary elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 173.083, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The secretary of state shall pay in full with state
funds the costs for election workers, including election judges and
clerks, in a primary election described by this subsection.
Excluding the payment of the costs of election workers, the [The]
amount of estimated primary election expenses for a general primary
election payable with state funds under this section is equal to:
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2) [for a
general primary election], the difference obtained by subtracting
the sum of the filing fees and contributions reported in the
statement of estimated primary election expenses from the total
amount of estimated general primary expenses approved by the
secretary of state under Section 173.082; and
(2) for a county party for which the state chair acts
as the fiscal agent under Section 173.0341, the difference obtained
by subtracting the amount of the contributions reported in the
statement of estimated primary election expenses from the total
amount of estimated general primary expenses approved by the
secretary of state under Section 173.082.
(a-1) The amount of estimated primary election expenses
payable with state funds under this section for a runoff primary
election is equal to the[,] the total amount of estimated runoff
primary expenses approved by the secretary.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.