85R19374 ADM-F
By: Villalba, Anchia, Laubenberg H.B. No. 949
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 949:
By: Anderson of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 949
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting system equipment used by counties participating
in the countywide polling place program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 43.007(c) and (d), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(c) In conducting the program, the secretary of state shall
provide for an audit of the voting system [direct recording
electronic voting] units used before and after the election, and
during the election to the extent such an audit is practicable.
(d) The secretary of state shall select to participate in
the program each county that:
(1) has held a public hearing under Subsection (b);
(2) has submitted documentation listing the steps
taken to solicit input on participating in the program by
organizations or persons who represent the interests of voters;
(3) has implemented a computerized voter registration
list that allows an election officer at the polling place to verify
that a voter has not previously voted in the election;
(4) uses either direct recording electronic voting
machines or a voting system capable of printing all available
ballot styles of that polling place; and
(5) is determined by the secretary of state to have the
appropriate technological capabilities.
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, 2017.