Bill Text: TX HB4447 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to public inspection of early voting rosters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4447 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4447-Engrossed.html
  86R23173 SRS-F
 
  By: Cain H.B. No. 4447
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to public inspection of early voting rosters.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (g) and (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read
  as follows:
         (g)  Information on the roster for a person who votes an
  early voting ballot by personal appearance shall be made available
  for public inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than
  11 a.m. [the beginning of regular business hours] on the day after
  the date the information is entered on the roster under Subsection
  (c).
         (h)  Information on the roster for a person who votes an
  early voting ballot by mail shall be made available for public
  inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than 11 a.m. on
  the day following the day the early voting clerk receives a ballot
  voted by mail.
         (i)  The information under Subsections (g) and (h) must be
  made available:
               (1)  for an election in which the county clerk is the
  early voting clerk:
                     (A)  on the publicly accessible Internet website
  of the county; or
                     (B)  if the county does not maintain a website, on
  the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the
  commissioners court; or
               (2)  for an election not described by Subdivision (1):
                     (A)  on the publicly accessible Internet website
  of the authority ordering the election; or
                     (B)  if the authority ordering the election does
  not maintain a website, on the bulletin board used for posting
  notice of meetings of the governing body of the authority.
         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.
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