83R6060 JRJ-D
By: S. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1428
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to inappropriate actions by the early voting ballot board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 87, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 87.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 87.006. INAPPROPRIATE ACTION BY BOARD. On written
application by the presiding officer of the local canvassing
authority indicating that the early voting ballot board has
inappropriately accepted or rejected a ballot or otherwise violated
a provision of this code, the secretary of state shall review the
act in question and determine the appropriate remedy, including
making a determination that may lead to a recount under Chapter 212.
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, 2013.