special districts must post election info online

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89R16040 LRM-F

By: Plesa
H.B. No. 4287

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to posting certain election information on the Internet

website of certain political subdivisions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 4.009, Election Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

(c) Not later than the 150th day before election day, a

political subdivision other than a county, city, or independent

school district that holds an election and maintains an Internet

website shall post on the public Internet website for the political

subdivision:

(1) the date of the election;

(2) a call for candidates;

(3) each office to appear on the ballot;

(4) the filing period; and

(5) the date candidate packets are available,

including electronically.

(d) A political subdivision to which Subsection (c) applies

shall post the name of each candidate for an elected office on the

ballot on the public Internet website for the political subdivision

not later than:

(1) for a political subdivision with fewer than 10,000

registered voters, the 10th business day after the date the

candidate's application is received; and

(2) for a political subdivision with more than 10,000

registered voters, the second business day after the date the

application is received.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an

election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.