S.B. No. 1402

	AN ACT
	relating to requiring certain political subdivisions to enter a
	contract with the county elections administrator to perform
	election services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 31.0925 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.0925.  REQUEST FOR SERVICES REQUIRED. (a)  This
	section applies only to a political subdivision:
	(1)  that is located entirely in a county:
	(A)  with a population of more than 500,000 that
	is served by a county elections administrator; and
	(B)  that does not contain a municipality with a
	population of more than 150,000; and
	(2)  that is not an irrigation district created under
	the authority of Section 52(b)(1) or (2), Article III, or Section
	59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	(b)  The governing body of a political subdivision shall
	request an election services contract with the county elections
	administrator to perform all duties and functions of the political
	subdivision in relation to an election that may be transferred
	under this subchapter if the political subdivision receives a
	petition requesting the contract signed by a number of registered
	voters residing in the political subdivision that is equal to or
	exceeds one percent of all votes cast in the most recent general
	election held by the political subdivision.
	(c)  A petition under this section must be submitted to the
	clerk of the political subdivision before January 1 of the year in
	which the election to be administered under the requested election
	services contract will be held.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1402 passed the Senate on
	April 22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1402 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
	Nays 1, one present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
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	Date
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	Governor