Bill Text: TX HB3341 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot counting station.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3341 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3341-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 3341 |
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relating to a pilot program for recording activity at a ballot | ||
counting station. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 65, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 65.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 65.016. VIDEO RECORDING OF BALLOT COUNTING. (a) The | ||
secretary of state shall establish a pilot program requiring a | ||
county to use a video recording device to record ballot counting | ||
activity in not less than 20 percent of precincts in the county. | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall select six counties to take | ||
part in the pilot program, including: | ||
(1) two counties with a population of not less than | ||
500,000; | ||
(2) two counties with a population of not less than | ||
50,000 and not more than 100,000; and | ||
(3) two counties with a population of not more than | ||
5,000. | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall adopt procedures to | ||
implement this section, including procedures to determine which | ||
counties may participate in the pilot program under this section. | ||
(d) The secretary of state shall operate the pilot program | ||
established under this section until January 31, 2023. | ||
(e) Not later than January 31, 2023, the secretary of state | ||
shall file a report with the legislature. The report must state: | ||
(1) which counties participated in the pilot program; | ||
(2) the number of precincts that recorded video; | ||
(3) any best practices for placement and use of the | ||
video recording devices, including: | ||
(A) best angles for visibility; | ||
(B) best distance between device and counting | ||
station; and | ||
(C) best devices for clarity; and | ||
(4) any other information and recommendations | ||
considered necessary by the secretary of state. | ||
(f) This section expires January 31, 2023. | ||
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 September 1, 2021. |