86R9930 SRS-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 2552
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of
state's Internet website a database of certain election information
collected from authorities responsible for giving notice of an
election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4.003(e), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) The authority responsible for giving notice of the
election shall deliver to the secretary of state:
(1) a copy of the notice of a consolidated precinct
required by Subsection (b) not later than the date of the election;
and
(2) information for the secretary of state's database
of election information under Section 31.017 in an electronic
format required by the secretary of state.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.017 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.017. INTERNET DATABASE OF ELECTION INFORMATION.
(a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's
public Internet website a database containing information provided
by each authority responsible for giving notice of an election in
this state. The database must include the following information:
(1) the name of the authority;
(2) each office to be filled at the election;
(3) whether the office is elected at large or by
district; and
(4) the dates of the preceding and next election for
the office.
(b) The secretary of state:
(1) may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
donations from any public or private source for the creation and
maintenance of the database; and
(2) shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.