86R23173 SRS-F
By: Cain H.B. No. 4447
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4447:
By: Klick C.S.H.B. No. 4447
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public inspection of early voting rosters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (g) and (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read
as follows:
(g) Information on the roster for a person who votes an
early voting ballot by personal appearance shall be made available
for public inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than
11 a.m. [the beginning of regular business hours] on the day after
the date the information is entered on the roster under Subsection
(c).
(h) Information on the roster for a person who votes an
early voting ballot by mail shall be made available for public
inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than 11 a.m. on
the day following the day the early voting clerk receives a ballot
voted by mail.
(i) The information under Subsections (g) and (h) must be
made available:
(1) for an election in which the county clerk is the
early voting clerk:
(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website
of the county; or
(B) if the county does not maintain a website, on
the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the
commissioners court; or
(2) for an election not described by Subdivision (1):
(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website
of the authority ordering the election; or
(B) if the authority ordering the election does
not maintain a website, on the bulletin board used for posting
notice of meetings of the governing body of the authority.
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.