Bill Amendment: TX SB1 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses; providing civil penalties.
Status: 2021-07-16 - Co-author authorized [SB1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F8-Bettencourt.html
Bill Title: Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses; providing civil penalties.
Status: 2021-07-16 - Co-author authorized [SB1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F8-Bettencourt.html
Amend CSSB 1 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 3.___. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 33.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.008. TRAINING MANUAL. (a) The secretary of state shall publish and maintain a training manual for watchers and shall make the manual available on the secretary of state's Internet website.
(b) An appointing authority must provide each watcher appointed by the authority with a copy of the training manual maintained under this section.
