86R2268 SRS-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting
election results on an Internet website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 65, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 65.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 65.016. INTERNET POSTING OF ELECTION RESULTS. (a) A
county, city, or independent school district that holds or provides
election services for an election and maintains an Internet website
shall post on its public Internet website:
(1) the results of each election;
(2) the total number of votes cast; and
(3) the total number of votes cast for each candidate
or for or against each measure.
(b) The information described by Subsection (a) must be:
(1) provided as soon as practicable after the
election; and
(2) accessible without having to make more than two
selections or view more than two network locations after accessing
the county's, city's, or district's Internet website home page.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.