bill requiring local election notices online 62 days out

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89R15864 LRM-F

By: Plesa
H.B. No. 5372

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the notice required for an election held by certain

political subdivisions.

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

SECTION 1. Section 4.003, Election Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:

(c-1) In addition to any other notice given for an election

under this section, notice of an election ordered by an authority,

other than an authority described by Subsection (c), must be posted

on the Internet website of the authority not later than the 62nd day

before election day.

SECTION 2. Section 4.004(b), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) The notice of a special election or the election of an

authority that holds nonpartisan elections must also state each

office to be filled or the proposition stating each measure to be

voted on. This subsection does not apply to an election on a

proposed constitutional amendment.

SECTION 3. Section 4.008(a), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the governing body

of a political subdivision, other than a county, that orders an

election shall deliver notice of the election, including the

location of each polling place, to the county clerk and voter

registrar of each county in which the political subdivision is

located not later than the 75th [ 60th ] day before election day. The

county clerk shall post notice of the election, including the

location of each polling place, on the county's Internet website,

if the county maintains a website, as provided by Section 4.003(b).

SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

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

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.