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| 1 | 1 | 86R611 ADM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Swanson H.B. No. 1117 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the preservation of certain election records. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 66.058, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (i) Notwithstanding Section 66.002, for purposes of this | |
| 12 | 12 | section, "precinct election records" includes all ballot envelopes | |
| 13 | 13 | and carrier envelopes returned by a voter voting under Chapter 86. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 15 | 15 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 16 | 16 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 17 | 17 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 18 | 18 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |