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  89R21736 MLH-D     By: Schofield H.B. No. 1475     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1475:     By:  Shaheen C.S.H.B. No. 1475       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring notice to the attorney general in an action   under the Election Code seeking a temporary restraining order.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 273,   Election Code, is amended to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER E. INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER          SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 273, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 273.082 to read as follows:           Sec.   273.082.     TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE.   (a)   As   soon as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code   seeking a temporary restraining order, a court must electronically   notify the attorney general of the hearing at the e-mail address   designated under Subsection (e).           (b)     Except as provided by Subsection (c), a court may not   hold a hearing described by Subsection (a) sooner than two hours   after the court provides notice to the attorney general under   Subsection (a).           (c)     The attorney general may, after receiving notice under   Subsection (a), waive the requirement of Subsection (b).           (d)     A court shall allow the attorney general to participate   remotely in a hearing in an action under this code seeking a   temporary restraining order, using any reasonably available   method.           (e)     The attorney general shall designate an e-mail address   at which to receive a notice under this section.           (f)     A temporary restraining order issued in violation of   this section is void and unenforceable.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.