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
| 87R10074 MLH-D | ||
| 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. | ||
