TITLE: Relating to the deadline for submitting certain recount petitions.

SUMMARY: Relating to the deadline for submitting certain recount petitions.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the deadline for submitting certain recount petitions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 212.028, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a petition for an initial recount must be submitted by 5 p.m. of the third business [second] day after the date the canvassing authority to whose presiding officer the petition must be submitted completes its canvass of the original election returns. (c) If the deadline for submitting a petition for an initial recount falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state holiday, the deadline is extended to 10 a.m. of the next regular business day. SECTION 2. Section 212.083, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 212.083. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PETITION. The deadline for submitting a recount petition under this subchapter is 2 p.m. of the second [first] day after the date of the local canvass. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.