Bill Text: TX HB3912 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to automatic recounts of certain elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Elections [HB3912 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3912-Introduced.html

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85R8777 ATP-D
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 3912

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to automatic recounts of certain elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 216.001, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 216.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter
applies only to an election that results in:
(1) a tie vote as provided by Sections 2.002(i),
2.023(b) and (c), and 2.028;
(2) a candidate defeated or eliminated by one-half of
one percent or less of the votes cast for that office; or
(3) a measure submitted to voters for the approval of
bonds approved or defeated by one-half of one percent or less of the
votes cast on that measure.
SECTION 2. Section 216.004, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 216.004. COUNTING PROCEDURES. The method of counting
votes in an automatic recount is the same method of counting used in
the election subject to the recount [that resulted in the tie vote].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.