Bill Text: TX HB5131 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the randomized audits of elections in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB5131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5131-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Bell of Montgomery | H.B. No. 5131 | |
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| relating to the randomized audits of elections in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 127.351, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (a) Immediately after the uniform election date in November | ||
| of an even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall conduct an | ||
| audit of the elections held on the uniform election date in four | ||
| counties during the previous two years. | ||
| (d) If the secretary of state completes the audit of a | ||
| county under Subsection (b)(1) before the end of a two-year period, | ||
| the secretary may randomly select another county with a total | ||
| population of less than 300,000 to be audited. | ||
| (e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
