02-27-17 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR JOINT ELECTIONS STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF HARRIS § This Agreement is made and entered into by and among the CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS (hereinafter "LA PORTE"); the LA PORTE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (hereinafter "LPISD"); and the SAN W I T N E S S E T H: 1. Agreement. This Agreement is made and entered into by LA PORTE, LPISD, and COLLEGE (together under the authority of the Texas Interlocal Cooperation Act, codified as Chapter 791, Texas Government Code, and Chapter 271, "Joint Elections," of the Texas Election Code. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the procedures, division of responsibilities, and sharing of costs for elections held by the parties and taking place on the May uniform election date, and any runoff elections stemming from the May uniform election date. 2. Precincts. A joint election of the parties shall be conducted at the seven (7) election precincts described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. On the May uniform election date, LA PORTE shall conduct elections for itself, LPISD, and COLLEGE, at Precincts 1 through 6, and for LPISD and COLLEGE at Precinct 7. 3. Joint Early Voting. The main early voting polling place for the May uniform election date shall be located at La Porte City Hall. Early voting shall be conducted jointly at the main early voting place, the La Porte City Hall and at the Instructional Technology Center (ITC Building); and the City Secretary of the City of La Porte is hereby appointed as the early voting clerk for the joint early voting. In addition to the early voting clerk for the joint early voting, the regular early voting clerk for each political subdivision participating in the joint early voting may receive applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail in accordance with Title 7 of the Texas Election Code, and shall not later than the next business day fax or email or courier the applications to the early voting clerk for the joint early voting for processing. The remaining procedures for conducting the political subdivision's early voting by mail shall be completed by the early voting clerk for the joint early voting. 4. Administration of Election by LA PORTE. Each party to this agreement shall conduct its own candidate filings, drawings for places on its ballot, posting and publication of election notices, receipt of campaign finance reporting, and any other actions required of the entity by the Texas Election Code, except as herein provided. LA PORTE shall assume responsibility for the conduct and administration of the joint election on the May uniform election date on behalf of all of the parties to this Agreement, including to: 1) arrange for printing of ballots; 2) provide election equipment (including specifically, eSlates, electronic voting booths, disabled and electronic counting machines); 3) appoint, train and compensate judges and clerks; 4) conduct early voting at the main early voting polling place, and any branch polling place(s) established by the participating parties; 5) serve as the Central Counting Station to receive all ballots cast in elections held by any of the parties to this Agreement; and 6) arrange for all other matters necessary for the conduct of its own election and the other parties to this Agreement. The Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station shall prepare the unofficial canvass reports after all precincts have been counted, and shall deliver a copy of the unofficial canvass reports to LA PORTE, LPISD and COLLEGE as soon as possible after all returns have been tabulated. The Presiding Judge