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CHAPTER 652 CHAPTER 652 H.B. No. 2152 1 AN ACT 2 relating to automatic recounts of certain majority vote elections. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 4 SECTION 1. Section 2.022, Election Code, is amended to read 5 as follows: 6 Sec. 2.022. CONFLICTS WITH OTHER LAW. (a) Except as 7 provided by Subsection (b), a [A] law outside this subchapter 8 supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. 9 (b) Sections 2.023 and 2.028 supersede a law outside this 10 subchapter to the extent of any conflict. 11 SECTION 2. Sections 2.023(b) and (c), Election Code, are 12 amended to read as follows: 13 (b) If more than two candidates tie for the highest number 14 of votes in the main election, an. automatic recount shall be 15 conducted in accordance with Chapter 216. If the recount does not 16 resolve the tie, the tied candidates shall cast lots to determine 17 which two are to be the runoff candidates. 18 (c) If two or more candidates tie for the second highest 19 number of votes in the main election, an automatic recount shall be 20 conducted in accordance with Chapter 216. If the recount does not 21 resolve the tie, the tied candidates shall cast lots to determine 22 which one is to be the second candidate in the runoff election. 23 SECTION 3. Section 2.028(a), Election Code, is amended to 24 read as follows:
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2152, Chapter 652,
legislative document,
June 20, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158383/m1/1/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
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