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| 1 | 1 | By: Schofield H.B. No. 3303 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the procedure for making any change from any voting | |
| 7 | 7 | standard, practice, or procedure authorized by the Election Code | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Election Code is amended by adding | |
| 10 | 10 | Section 1.022 as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 1.022. ALTERATIONS TO VOTING STANDARD, PRACTICE, OR | |
| 12 | 12 | PROCEDURE. An election official of the state or of a political | |
| 13 | 13 | subdivision may not create, alter or suspend any voting standard, | |
| 14 | 14 | practice, or procedure in a manner not expressly authorized by the | |
| 15 | 15 | this code. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 17 | 17 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 18 | 18 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 19 | 19 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021 and applies to any election held | |
| 21 | 21 | after that date. |