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| 1 | - | S.B. No. 1116 | |
| 1 | + | By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 1116 | |
| 2 | + | (Bucy) | |
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| 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | + | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | 7 | relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting | |
| 6 | - | election | |
| 8 | + | election results on an Internet website. | |
| 7 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 65, Election Code, is | |
| 9 | 11 | amended by adding Section 65.016 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 12 | Sec. 65.016. INTERNET POSTING OF ELECTION RESULTS. (a) A | |
| 11 | 13 | county that holds or provides election services for an election and | |
| 12 | 14 | maintains an Internet website shall post on its public Internet | |
| 13 | - | website for an election of public officials or of a governmental | |
| 14 | - | entity authorized by law to impose a tax administered by the county: | |
| 15 | + | website for an election administered by the county: | |
| 15 | 16 | (1) the results of each election; | |
| 16 | - | (2) the total number of votes cast; | |
| 17 | + | (2) the total number of votes cast; and | |
| 17 | 18 | (3) the total number of votes cast for each candidate | |
| 18 | - | or for or against each measure; | |
| 19 | - | (4) the total number of votes cast by personal | |
| 20 | - | appearance on election day; | |
| 21 | - | (5) the total number of votes cast by personal | |
| 22 | - | appearance or mail during the early voting period; and | |
| 23 | - | (6) the total number of counted and uncounted | |
| 24 | - | provisional ballots cast. | |
| 19 | + | or for or against each measure. | |
| 25 | 20 | (b) A city or independent school district that holds an | |
| 26 | 21 | election and maintains an Internet website shall post on its public | |
| 27 | 22 | Internet website for the city or independent school district, as | |
| 28 | 23 | applicable: | |
| 29 | 24 | (1) the results of each election; | |
| 30 | - | (2) the total number of votes cast; | |
| 25 | + | (2) the total number of votes cast; and | |
| 31 | 26 | (3) the total number of votes cast for each candidate | |
| 32 | - | or for or against each measure; | |
| 33 | - | (4) the total number of votes cast by personal | |
| 34 | - | appearance on election day; | |
| 35 | - | (5) the total number of votes cast by personal | |
| 36 | - | appearance or mail during the early voting period; and | |
| 37 | - | (6) the total number of counted and uncounted | |
| 38 | - | provisional ballots cast. | |
| 27 | + | or for or against each measure. | |
| 39 | 28 | (c) The information described by Subsections (a) and (b) | |
| 40 | 29 | must be: | |
| 41 | 30 | (1) posted as soon as practicable after the election; | |
| 42 | 31 | and | |
| 43 | 32 | (2) accessible without having to make more than two | |
| 44 | 33 | selections or view more than two network locations after accessing | |
| 45 | 34 | the Internet website home page of the county, city, or district, as | |
| 46 | 35 | applicable. | |
| 47 | - | SECTION 2. Chapter 4, Election Code, is amended by adding | |
| 48 | - | Section 4.009 to read as follows: | |
| 49 | - | Sec. 4.009. INTERNET POSTING. (a) Not later than the 21st | |
| 50 | - | day before election day, a county that holds or provides election | |
| 51 | - | services for an election and maintains an Internet website shall | |
| 52 | - | post on its public Internet website for an election of public | |
| 53 | - | officials or of a governmental entity authorized by law to impose a | |
| 54 | - | tax administered by the county: | |
| 55 | - | (1) the date of the election; | |
| 56 | - | (2) the location of each polling place; | |
| 57 | - | (3) each candidate for an elected office on the | |
| 58 | - | ballot; and | |
| 59 | - | (4) each measure on the ballot. | |
| 60 | - | (b) Not later than the 21st day before election day, a city | |
| 61 | - | or independent school district that holds an election and maintains | |
| 62 | - | an Internet website shall post on the public Internet website for | |
| 63 | - | the city or independent school district, as applicable: | |
| 64 | - | (1) the date of the next election; | |
| 65 | - | (2) the location of each polling place; | |
| 66 | - | (3) each candidate for an elected office on the | |
| 67 | - | ballot; and | |
| 68 | - | (4) each measure on the ballot. | |
| 69 | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
| 70 | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 71 | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 72 | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1116 passed the Senate on | |
| 73 | - | April 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | |
| 74 | - | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the | |
| 75 | - | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 76 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 77 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 78 | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1116 passed the House, with | |
| 79 | - | amendment, on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, | |
| 80 | - | Nays 0, one present not voting. | |
| 81 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 82 | - | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 83 | - | Approved: | |
| 84 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 85 | - | Date | |
| 86 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 87 | - | Governor | |
| 36 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |