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Texas Election Code - ELEC § 274.024. Report on Notice Publication to Secretary of State

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A contractor shall file with the secretary of state a report on the publication of the notice of a proposed constitutional amendment.

(b) The report must include:

(1) duplicate originals of an affidavit of publication executed by:

(A) the owner, editor, or publisher, if the contractor is a newspaper;  or

(B) the general manager of the association, if the contractor is a statewide association;  and

(2) a tear sheet of the published notice for each publication date or, if the contractor is a statewide association, a tear sheet of the published notice from each newspaper for each publication date.

(c) The affidavit of publication must contain a statement that the publication of the notice was made in accordance with law and any other statement required by the secretary of state relating to the publication.  The affidavit must be made on an officially prescribed form.

(d) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (b), a report filed by a newspaper must include:

(1) the name of the newspaper in which the notice was published;

(2) the number of column inches used for the notice;

(3) the newspaper's published national rate for advertising per column inch;

(4) the cost of publishing the notice;  and

(5) any other information requested by the secretary of state relating to the publication of the notice.

(e) If the contractor is a statewide association, the report must include the information required by Subsection (d) with respect to each newspaper in which the notice was published.

(f) The report must be filed not later than the 30th day after the date of the last publication of the notice.

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