Bill Text: TX HB2102 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Elections [HB2102 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2102-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 2102 |
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relating to the use of an electronic device for accepting voters; | ||
authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.014, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules that: | ||
(1) require a device described by this section used | ||
during the early voting period or under the countywide polling | ||
place program under Section 43.007 to update data in real time; and | ||
(2) require a county that uses a device described by | ||
this section to use each device function described by Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
(d) If a county uses a device that does not comply with a | ||
rule adopted under this section or uses a device in a manner that | ||
does not comply with a [ |
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consecutive general elections for state and county officers, the | ||
secretary of state shall assess a noncompliance fee. The | ||
noncompliance fee shall be set at an amount determined by secretary | ||
of state rule. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an election that is ordered on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |