Bill Text: TX HB2160 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the release of election judges' and clerks' contact information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2160-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2160 |
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relating to the release of election judges' and clerks' contact | ||
information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 32, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 32.076 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.076. DISCLOSURE OF E-MAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER | ||
RESTRICTED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an e-mail | ||
address or personal phone number of an election judge or clerk | ||
collected or maintained by the authority conducting the election is | ||
confidential and does not constitute public information for | ||
purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
(b) An e-mail address or phone number described by | ||
Subsection (a) shall be made available on request to: | ||
(1) any entity eligible to submit lists of election | ||
judges or clerks for that election; or | ||
(2) the state executive committee of a political party | ||
with a county chair eligible to submit lists of election judges or | ||
clerks for that election. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2160 was passed by the House on May | ||
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2160 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |