By: Swanson	H.B. No. 5082

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of the secretary of state to order a new
	election in certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Title 14, Election Code, is amended by adding
	Subtitle E to read as follows:
	SUBTITLE E. ORDER FOR NEW ELECTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE
	CHAPTER 249. SHORTAGE OF BALLOTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
	Sec. 249.001.  STANDARD FOR NEW ELECTION. Notwithstanding
	any other law, in a county with a population of more than one
	million, the secretary of state shall order a new election if the
	secretary has good cause to believe that at least two percent of the
	total number of polling places in the county did not receive
	supplemental ballots under Section 51.008 for one or more hours
	after making a request for supplemental ballots to the authority
	responsible for distributing election supplies.
	Sec. 249.002.  PROCEDURES FOR NEW ELECTION. In establishing
	the procedures for a new election ordered under this chapter, the
	secretary of state shall have the same authority granted to a
	district court under Section 231.007.
	Sec. 249.003.  EXPENSES OF NEW ELECTION. The expenses of a
	new election ordered by the secretary of state under this chapter
	are paid from the same fund and by the same authority that paid the
	expenses of the previous election.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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