Bill Text: TX HB4130 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4130-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4130 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4130-Engrossed.html
By: Swanson, Morrison, Cortez, Klick, Israel | H.B. No. 4130 |
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relating to use of an electronic device for accepting voters; | ||
authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 31.014 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.014. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO ACCEPT | ||
VOTERS. (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe specific | ||
requirements and standards, consistent with this code, for the | ||
certification of an electronic device used to accept voters under | ||
Chapter 63 that require the device to: | ||
(1) produce an electronic copy of the list of voters | ||
who were accepted to vote for delivery to the election judge after | ||
the polls close; | ||
(2) display the voter's original signature in | ||
accordance with Section 63.002; | ||
(3) accept a voter for voting even when the device is | ||
off-line; | ||
(4) provide the full list of voters registered in the | ||
county with an indication of the jurisdictional or distinguishing | ||
number for each territorial unit in which each voter resides; | ||
(5) time-stamp when each voter is accepted at a | ||
polling place, including the voter's unique identifier; | ||
(6) if the county participates in the countywide | ||
polling place program under Section 43.007 or has more than one | ||
early voting polling place, transmit a time stamp when each voter is | ||
accepted, including the voter's unique identifier, to all polling | ||
place locations; | ||
(7) time-stamp the receipt of a transmission under | ||
Subdivision (6); and | ||
(8) produce in an electronic format compatible with | ||
the statewide voter registration list under Section 18.061 data for | ||
retention and transfer that includes: | ||
(A) the polling location in which the device was | ||
used; | ||
(B) the dated time stamp under Subdivision (5); | ||
and | ||
(C) the | ||
dated time stamp under Subdivision (7). | ||
(b) A device described by this section must be certified | ||
annually by the secretary of state. | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules that require a | ||
device described by this section used during the early voting | ||
period or under the countywide polling place program under Section | ||
43.007 to update data in real time. If a county uses a device that | ||
does not comply with the rule in two consecutive general elections | ||
for state and county officers, the secretary of state shall assess a | ||
noncompliance fee. The noncompliance fee shall be set at an amount | ||
determined by secretary of state rule. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 63.003, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The poll list may be in the form of an electronic device | ||
approved by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall | ||
adopt rules governing the use of electronic poll lists. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 63.004, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) A combination form may be in the form of an electronic | ||
device approved by the secretary of state. The secretary of state | ||
shall adopt rules governing the minimum requirements and approval | ||
of an electronic device used for any form used in connection with | ||
the acceptance of voters at a polling place. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |