81R6807 JRJ-D
By: Berman H.B. No. 2801
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of emergency paper ballots.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.016. EMERGENCY PAPER BALLOTS. (a) An insufficient
number of ballots or a malfunction of electronic voting system
equipment must be remedied through the use of emergency paper
ballots when no other method of voting is available during voting
hours for a person whose acceptance for voting is required by this
code.
(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for
the creation and use of emergency paper ballots as required by this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.