Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1899 Compare Versions

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2	2	By: Beckley H.B. No. 1899
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the posting of voter information on Internet websites.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 1.010, Election Code, is amended by
10	10	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
11	11	(d) If the office, agency, or other authority maintains an
12	12	Internet website, the forms shall be made available on that
13	13	authority's Internet website.
14	14	SECTION 2. Section 3.003(c), Election Code, is amended to
15	15	read as follows:
16	16	(c) Not later than the 36th day before election day, a copy
17	17	of the proclamation ordering an election shall be posted on the
18	18	Internet websites of the governor and of the secretary of state and
19	19	shall be mailed to the county judge of each county wholly or partly
20	20	in the territory covered by the election.
21	21	SECTION 3. Section 12.004(b), Election Code, is amended to
22	22	read as follows:
23	23	(b) The registrar may keep the office open for voter
24	24	registration activities at times other than regular office hours.
25	25	The registrar shall post notice of the irregular days and hours the
26	26	office will be open. The notice must remain posted continuously at
27	27	each entrance to the registrar's office and on the registrar's
28	28	Internet website, if the registrar maintains a website, for the
29	29	period beginning not later than the third day before the day the
30	30	office is to be open during irregular hours and ending after the
31	31	last time specified in the notice for the office to be open.
32	32	SECTION 4. Section 12.005, Election Code, is amended to
33	33	read as follows:
34	34	Sec. 12.005. BRANCH OFFICES. The registrar may establish
35	35	one or more branch offices in the county to conduct voter
36	36	registration activities for the convenience of persons desiring to
37	37	register. A branch office may be temporary or permanent. The hours
38	38	of a branch office must be posted on the registrar's Internet
39	39	website, if the registrar maintains a website.
40	40	SECTION 5. Section 12.032(b), Election Code, is amended to
41	41	read as follows:
42	42	(b) The county clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the
43	43	order to the secretary of state and shall post the order on the
44	44	county's Internet website, if the county maintains a website, not
45	45	later than the third day after the date the order is adopted.
46	46	SECTION 6. Section 12.034(b), Election Code, is amended to
47	47	read as follows:
48	48	(b) Not later than the third day after the date the
49	49	rescission order is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver a
50	50	certified copy of the order to the secretary of state and shall post
51	51	the order on the county's Internet website, if the county maintains
52	52	a website.
53	53	SECTION 7. Section 18.008(c), Election Code, is amended to
54	54	read as follows:
55	55	(c) If the list is recorded electronically [on magnetic
56	56	tape], the copy shall be furnished electronically [in the form of a
57	57	tape or printout], as requested.
58	58	SECTION 8. Section 19.001, Election Code, is amended by
59	59	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
60	60	(d) The secretary of state shall promptly post each
61	61	statement on the secretary of state's Internet website.
62	62	SECTION 9. Section 31.002, Election Code, is amended by
63	63	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
64	64	(e) The secretary of state shall post each form described by
65	65	Subsection (a) on the secretary of state's Internet website.
66	66	SECTION 10. Section 32.012, Election Code, is amended by
67	67	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
68	68	(c) If the county maintains an Internet website, the
69	69	appointment list shall be posted on that website.
70	70	SECTION 11. Section 32.114, Election Code, is amended by
71	71	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
72	72	follows:
73	73	(c) The county clerk shall:
74	74	(1) post a notice of the time and place of each session
75	75	on the county's Internet website, if the county maintains an
76	76	Internet website, in the same location that the county clerk
77	77	provides information on elections held in the county [and may post
78	78	the notice on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings
79	79	of the commissioners court] and shall include on the notice a
80	80	statement that the program is open to the public;
81	81	(1-a) post notice of the time and place of each session
82	82	on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the
83	83	commissioners court, if the county does not maintain an Internet
84	84	website, and shall include on the notice a statement that the
85	85	program is open to the public;
86	86	(2) notify each presiding judge appointed by the
87	87	commissioners court of the time and place of each session and of the
88	88	duty of each election judge to complete the training program;
89	89	(3) notify the county chair of each political party in
90	90	the county of the time and place of each session; and
91	91	(4) notify the voter registrar of the date, hour, and
92	92	place of each session.
93	93	(c-1) If the county maintains an Internet website, the
94	94	county clerk may post the notice required under Subsection (c)(1)
95	95	on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the
96	96	commissioners court.
97	97	SECTION 12. Section 42.035(c), Election Code, is amended to
98	98	read as follows:
99	99	(c) If no newspaper is published in the county, the
100	100	commissioners court shall post the notice as required by Subsection
101	101	(a)(2) and at the county courthouse on the bulletin board used for
102	102	posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. The notice
103	103	must remain posted continuously for three consecutive weeks.
104	104	SECTION 13. Section 52.094(c), Election Code, is amended to
105	105	read as follows:
106	106	(c) The authority conducting the drawing shall post in the
107	107	authority's office, and on the authority's Internet website if the
108	108	authority maintains a website, a notice of the date, hour, and place
109	109	of the drawing. The notice must remain posted continuously for 72
110	110	hours immediately preceding the scheduled time of the drawing.
111	111	SECTION 14. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.