| 1 | 1 | | By: Klick (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2006 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to eligibility for appointment as a central counting |
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| 11 | 11 | | station manager. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 127.002(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) To be eligible for appointment, a person must: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) have knowledge and experience in the conduct of |
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| 17 | 17 | | elections with the electronic voting system for which the counting |
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| 18 | 18 | | station is established; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) be a registered voter of the political subdivision |
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| 20 | 20 | | served by the authority establishing the counting station, except: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) during the first year following the adoption |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the voting system; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) if the person is an employee of the political |
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| 24 | 24 | | subdivision that adopts or owns the voting system. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 30 | 30 | | * * * * * |
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