Bill Text: TX HB2974 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the required use of paper ballots in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Elections [HB2974 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2974-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2974 | |
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| relating to the required use of paper ballots in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 51, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.037 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.037. PAPER BALLOT PRINTER REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN | ||
| COUNTIES. An authority holding an election in a county with a | ||
| population of less than 75,000 must maintain an operational printer | ||
| at each polling place for the purpose of printing additional | ||
| ballots. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 123, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 123.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 123.010. CERTAIN ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS PROHIBITED | ||
| FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES. An authority holding elections in a county | ||
| with a population of less than 75,000 may only adopt a voting system | ||
| that requires paper ballots for all elections held in the county. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
