86R9883 GRM-D
By: Vo H.B. No. 2599
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the manner of reporting and maintaining certain
information relating to election returns.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 67.007(a), (c), and (d), Election Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) For each election for a statewide, [or] district,
county, or precinct office, a statewide measure, or president and
vice-president of the United States, the county clerk of each
county in the territory covered by the election shall prepare
county election returns.
(c) The county clerk shall certify [sign] the county returns
[to certify their accuracy].
(d) Not later than 24 hours after completion of the local
canvass, the county clerk shall deliver to the secretary of state,
in the manner directed by the secretary, the county returns [in a
sealed envelope]. [The envelope shall be labeled: "Election
Returns for __________ (name) County, for __________(election)."]
SECTION 2. Sections 67.008(b) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of state
as provided by Section 67.007. [, except that the envelope shall be
labeled: "Returns of Election for Governor/Lieutenant Governor,
__________ (name) County, for __________(election)."]
(c) The secretary of state shall retain the returns [in
their sealed condition] until the first day of the next regular
legislative session, when the secretary shall deliver the returns
to the speaker of the house of representatives.
SECTION 3. Section 67.009(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) With the delivery of the official county returns forms,
the secretary of state shall deliver[:
[(1)] written instructions on the preparation and
delivery of the county election returns[; and
[(2) the officially prescribed envelopes for
delivering the returns to the secretary].
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.