Bill Text: TX HB4401 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice requirements for a public test of logic and accuracy of a voting system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4401 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4401-Introduced.html
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| By: Hayes | H.B. No. 4401 | |
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| relating to notice requirements for a public test of logic and | ||
| accuracy of a voting system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 129.023, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b-2) and adding Subsections (b-3) and (b-4) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b-2) If the test is being conducted for an election in | ||
| which a county election board has been established under Section | ||
| 51.002, the general custodian of election records shall notify each | ||
| member of the county election board of the test at least 48 hours | ||
| before the date of the test. If the county election board chooses | ||
| to witness the test, each member shall sign the statement required | ||
| by Subsection (e)(1). | ||
| (b-3) The general custodian of election records shall | ||
| reschedule a logic and accuracy test if the test cannot be conducted | ||
| within one hour of the time on the notice published under Subsection | ||
| (b). The test must be rescheduled no sooner than four hours after | ||
| the time on the notice published under Subsection (b). Notice of a | ||
| test rescheduled under this section must be published at least four | ||
| hours before the test begins in the manner provided by Subsection | ||
| (b) and by Subsections (b-1) and (b-2), if applicable. If a | ||
| rescheduled test cannot begin within one hour of the time on the | ||
| most recent notice of the test provided under this subsection, the | ||
| test must again be rescheduled in the manner provided by this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (b-4) A logic and accuracy test conducted under this section | ||
| may not begin at any time before or later than one hour after the | ||
| published time on the most recent notice of the test provided under | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
