By: Seliger S.B. No. 231
(In the Senate - Filed December 4, 2020; March 3, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 17, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 17, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for county election officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.126 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.126. TRAINING. (a) In this section, "county
election officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.091(1).
(b) The secretary of state shall provide a standardized
training program and materials for county election officers in the
same manner it provides such a program to election judges and clerks
under Subchapter F, Chapter 32.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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