By: Bohac H.B. No. 3060
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection of early voting judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.009, Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Chapter 85, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 85.073 to read as follows:
Sec. 85.073. Election officers serving branch polling
place. (a) The early voting clerk shall designate for each branch
polling place a deputy early voting clerk as the election officer in
charge of the polling place.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the composition of
the set of election officers serving a branch polling place must
provide representation for each political party conducting a
primary election in the county.
(c) For the general election for state and county officers
and for a special election to fill a vacancy in an office regularly
filled at the general election for state and county officers, the
composition of the set of election officers serving a branch
polling place who are not employees of the county must, to the
extent practicable, provide equal representation for each
political party conducting a primary election in the county.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2009.