Tex. Elec. Code § 274.022 · Subchapter B. PUBLISHING NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT
CONTRACT FOR PUBLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary of state shall contract in writing for the publication of notice of a proposed constitutional amendment with:
(1) each eligible newspaper; or
(2) a statewide association of daily and weekly newspapers in this state.
(b) A contract with a statewide association must provide for publication in each eligible newspaper in this state.
(c) In this subchapter, "eligible newspaper" means a newspaper that meets the requirements prescribed by law for the publication of official notices of officers and departments of the state government.
(d) In this subchapter, "contractor" means a newspaper or statewide association with which the secretary of state contracts under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.274.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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