Bill Text: TX HB1117 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the preservation of certain election records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Considered in Calendars [HB1117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1117-Introduced.html
| 86R611 ADM-D | ||
| By: Swanson | H.B. No. 1117 | |
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| relating to the preservation of certain election records. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 66.058, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
| (i) Notwithstanding Section 66.002, for purposes of this | ||
| section, "precinct election records" includes all ballot envelopes | ||
| and carrier envelopes returned by a voter voting under Chapter 86. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
