Bill Text: TX HB4447 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to public inspection of early voting rosters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4447 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4447-Engrossed.html
86R23173 SRS-F | ||
By: Cain | H.B. No. 4447 |
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relating to public inspection of early voting rosters. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (g) and (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(g) Information on the roster for a person who votes an | ||
early voting ballot by personal appearance shall be made available | ||
for public inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than | ||
11 a.m. [ |
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the date the information is entered on the roster under Subsection | ||
(c). | ||
(h) Information on the roster for a person who votes an | ||
early voting ballot by mail shall be made available for public | ||
inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than 11 a.m. on | ||
the day following the day the early voting clerk receives a ballot | ||
voted by mail. | ||
(i) The information under Subsections (g) and (h) must be | ||
made available: | ||
(1) for an election in which the county clerk is the | ||
early voting clerk: | ||
(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website | ||
of the county; or | ||
(B) if the county does not maintain a website, on | ||
the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the | ||
commissioners court; or | ||
(2) for an election not described by Subdivision (1): | ||
(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website | ||
of the authority ordering the election; or | ||
(B) if the authority ordering the election does | ||
not maintain a website, on the bulletin board used for posting | ||
notice of meetings of the governing body of the authority. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |