Bill Text: TX HB241 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a forensic audit of 2020 election results in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 35-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-12 - Filed [HB241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB241-Introduced.html
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relating to a forensic audit of 2020 election results in certain | ||
counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 16, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Chapter 280 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 280. FORENSIC AUDIT OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTION | ||
Sec. 280.001. FORENSIC AUDIT OF 2020 GENERAL ELECTION. (a) | ||
The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall appoint an independent third party to conduct | ||
a forensic audit of the general election that took place on November | ||
3, 2020. | ||
(b) The independent third party appointed under Subsection | ||
(a) shall audit every precinct in each county with a population of | ||
415,000 or more. | ||
(c) The audit under this section must begin not later than | ||
November 1, 2021, and be completed not later than February 1, 2022. | ||
(d) Not later than March 1, 2022, the independent third | ||
party conducting the audit under this section shall submit a report | ||
to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and each member of the legislature detailing any | ||
anomalies or discrepancies in voter data, ballot data, or | ||
tabulation. | ||
(e) This chapter expires April 1, 2022. | ||
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |