Tex. Elec. Code § 31.011 · Subchapter A. SECRETARY OF STATE
ELECTION IMPROVEMENT FUND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The election improvement fund is created as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and consists of federal funds designated for election improvement, matching funds from the state or a political subdivision, and depository interest earned on the assets of the fund.
(b) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to provide funding for the following purposes:
(1) to improve election administration at the state and local level;
(2) to make grants to local governments for the improvement or replacement of voting systems;
(3) to create a single uniform official centralized interactive voter registration database; and
(4) to comply with other election requirements of the federal government.
(c) The fund is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.htm
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