84R5098 JRJ-F
By: Schofield H.B. No. 1266
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding
state election inspectors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 34.001(a) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The secretary of state may appoint one or more state
inspectors for an election. The appointment is, until the day after
election day, confidential and not available for public inspection.
(c) A request under Subsection (b) must be received by the
secretary of state not later than the fourth regular business day
before the date of the election for which the inspectors are
requested. The request is, until the day after election day,
confidential and not available for public inspection [until the day
after election day].
SECTION 2. Chapter 34, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 34.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 34.006. PLACES INSPECTED CONFIDENTIAL. Information
held by the secretary of state that indicates the place a state
inspector has been appointed to inspect is, during the period
beginning on the day the state inspector is appointed and ending on
the day after election day, confidential and not available for
public inspection.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.