Bill Text: TX HB380 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website databases containing certain information about elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to State Affairs [HB380 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB380-Engrossed.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 380 |
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relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of | ||
state's Internet website databases containing certain information | ||
about elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 4.003, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e) The authority responsible for giving notice of the | ||
election shall deliver: | ||
(1) to the secretary of state a copy of the notice of a | ||
consolidated precinct required by Subsection (b) not later than the | ||
date of the election; and | ||
(2) in January of each year information on an election | ||
for a partisan office, the office of mayor, or a position on the | ||
governing body of a city or board of trustees of an independent | ||
school district for the secretary of state's database of election | ||
information under Section 31.017 in an electronic format as | ||
follows: | ||
(A) if the authority is a county or political | ||
party, as required by the secretary of state; or | ||
(B) if the authority is a city or school | ||
district, to the county in which the authority is located. | ||
(e-1) A county receiving information under Subsection | ||
(e)(2)(B) shall forward the information to the secretary of state. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 31.017 and 31.018 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.017. INTERNET DATABASE OF ELECTION INFORMATION. | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's | ||
public Internet website a database containing information on each | ||
election for a partisan office, the office of mayor, or a position | ||
on the governing body of a city or board of trustees of an | ||
independent school district provided under Sections 4.003(e) and | ||
(e-1). The database must include the following information: | ||
(1) the name of the authority; | ||
(2) each office to be filled at the election; | ||
(3) whether the office is elected at large or by | ||
district; | ||
(4) the duration of the term of office; and | ||
(5) the dates of the preceding and next election for | ||
the office. | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
Sec. 31.018. INTERNET DATABASE FOR INCUMBENTS AND | ||
CANDIDATES. (a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary | ||
of state's public Internet website a database containing | ||
information about each holder of and candidate for any partisan | ||
elected office, office of mayor, or position on the governing body | ||
of a city or a board of trustees of an independent school district | ||
in this state. | ||
(b) The database must include the following information | ||
about a holder of a partisan elected office, the office of mayor, or | ||
a position on the governing body of a city or board of trustees of an | ||
independent school district: | ||
(1) name; | ||
(2) office title, including any district, place, or | ||
position and a notation that the person is an incumbent; | ||
(3) if the office is elected at large or by district; | ||
(4) date of the previous and next election for the | ||
office; | ||
(5) public mailing address; | ||
(6) public telephone number, if available; and | ||
(7) public e-mail address, if available. | ||
(c) The database must include the following information | ||
about a candidate for a partisan elected office, the office of | ||
mayor, or a position on the governing body of a city or board of | ||
trustees of an independent school district: | ||
(1) name; | ||
(2) office sought, including any district, place, or | ||
position; | ||
(3) if the office is elected at large or by district; | ||
(4) date of the election; | ||
(5) public mailing address; | ||
(6) public telephone number, if available; | ||
(7) public e-mail address, if available; and | ||
(8) if the candidate has filed as a write-in | ||
candidate. | ||
(d) The county with whom a declaration of candidacy is | ||
filed, a state or county chair of a political party, or the | ||
presiding officer of a political party's convention shall provide | ||
information about a candidate or officeholder to the secretary of | ||
state. A political subdivision shall provide information about a | ||
candidate or officeholder to the county in which the political | ||
subdivision is located and the county shall forward that | ||
information to the secretary of state. | ||
(e) The secretary of state shall make the name, office, and | ||
party affiliation of the holder of a partisan elected office, the | ||
office of mayor, or a position on the governing body of a city or | ||
board of trustees of an independent school district available on | ||
the secretary of state's public Internet website for as long as the | ||
person holds that office. | ||
(f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) A county or political party with whom an application is | ||
filed shall provide the secretary of state with the candidate's | ||
information required for the secretary of state's public Internet | ||
website under Section 31.018. A political subdivision with whom an | ||
application is filed shall provide the candidate's information to | ||
the county in which the political subdivision is located, and the | ||
county shall forward the candidate's information to the secretary | ||
of state. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2025. |