Bill Text: TX HB3751 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the presiding officers of the early voting ballot board and a recount committee used in certain elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Elections [HB3751 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3751-Introduced.html
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By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 3751 |
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relating to the presiding officers of the early voting ballot board | ||
and a recount committee used in certain elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 87.002, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the [ |
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voting ballot board consists of a presiding judge and at least two | ||
other members. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (e), the | ||
presiding judge is appointed in the same manner as a presiding | ||
election judge. Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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and (e), the other members are appointed by the presiding judge in | ||
the same manner as the precinct election clerks. | ||
(e) This subsection applies only to the general election for | ||
state and county officers held in a county with a population of more | ||
than 100,000. The county election board shall appoint a panel of | ||
three persons to perform the duties of the presiding judge under | ||
this chapter. The county election board shall appoint to the panel | ||
two members from the list submitted under Subsection (c) by the | ||
party whose nominee for governor received the greatest number of | ||
votes in the county in the most recent gubernatorial election and | ||
one member from the list submitted by the party whose nominee for | ||
governor received the second greatest number of votes in the county | ||
in the most recent gubernatorial election. The function of the | ||
presiding judge under this chapter is performed by the panel as | ||
determined by majority vote of the panel, but the panel may | ||
designate one member as chair over procedural matters. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 213, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 213.0021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 213.0021. PANEL TO ACT AS RECOUNT COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR | ||
CERTAIN ELECTIONS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 213.002, in the | ||
general election for state and county officers in a county with a | ||
population of more than 100,000, the recount supervisor shall | ||
appoint a panel of three persons to perform the duties of the | ||
recount committee chair under this title. The recount supervisor | ||
shall appoint: | ||
(1) two members of the panel from a list submitted by | ||
the county chair of the party whose nominee for governor received | ||
the greatest number of votes in the county in the most recent | ||
gubernatorial election; and | ||
(2) one member of the panel from a list submitted by | ||
the county chair of the party whose nominee for governor received | ||
the second greatest number of votes in the county in the most recent | ||
gubernatorial election. | ||
(b) A decision of the panel is made by majority vote of the | ||
members of the panel. The panel may select one member as chair over | ||
procedural matters. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |