86R611 ADM-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 1117
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the preservation of certain election records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 66.058, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding Section 66.002, for purposes of this
section, "precinct election records" includes all ballot envelopes
and carrier envelopes returned by a voter voting under Chapter 86.
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, 2019.