By: Klick (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2006
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for appointment as a central counting
station manager.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 127.002(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) To be eligible for appointment, a person must:
(1) have knowledge and experience in the conduct of
elections with the electronic voting system for which the counting
station is established; and
(2) be a registered voter of the political subdivision
served by the authority establishing the counting station, except:
(A) during the first year following the adoption
of the voting system; or
(B) if the person is an employee of the political
subdivision that adopts or owns the voting system.
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.
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