Texas 2021 - 87th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB60 Compare Versions

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1	1	87S10407 SLB-D
2	2	By: Bucy H.B. No. 60
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of
8	8	state's Internet website databases containing certain information
9	9	about elections.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 4.003, Election Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
13	13	follows:
14	14	(e) The authority responsible for giving notice of the
15	15	election shall deliver:
16	16	(1) to the secretary of state a copy of the notice of a
17	17	consolidated precinct required by Subsection (b) not later than the
18	18	date of the election; and
19	19	(2) in January of each year information for the
20	20	secretary of state's database of election information under Section
21	21	31.017 in an electronic format as follows:
22	22	(A) if the authority is a county or political
23	23	party, as required by the secretary of state; or
24	24	(B) if the authority is a political subdivision
25	25	other than a county, to the county in which the authority is
26	26	located.
27	27	(e-1) A county receiving information under Subsection
28	28	(e)(2)(B) shall forward the information to the secretary of state.
29	29	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
30	30	amended by adding Sections 31.017 and 31.018 to read as follows:
31	31	Sec. 31.017. INTERNET DATABASE OF ELECTION INFORMATION.
32	32	(a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's
33	33	public Internet website a database containing information provided
34	34	under Sections 4.003(e) and (e-1). The database must include the
35	35	following information:
36	36	(1) the name of the authority;
37	37	(2) each office to be filled at the election;
38	38	(3) whether the office is elected at large or by
39	39	district; and
40	40	(4) the dates of the preceding and next election for
41	41	the office.
42	42	(b) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to
43	43	implement this section.
44	44	Sec. 31.018. INTERNET DATABASE FOR INCUMBENTS AND
45	45	CANDIDATES. (a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary
46	46	of state's Internet website a database containing information about
47	47	each holder of and candidate for any partisan elected office in this
48	48	state.
49	49	(b) The database must include the following information
50	50	about a holder of a partisan elected office, the office of mayor, or
51	51	a position on the governing body of a city:
52	52	(1) name;
53	53	(2) office title, including any district, place, or
54	54	position and a notation that the person is an incumbent;
55	55	(3) if the office is elected at large or by district;
56	56	(4) date of the previous and next election for the
57	57	office;
58	58	(5) public mailing address;
59	59	(6) public telephone number, if available; and
60	60	(7) public e-mail address, if available.
61	61	(c) The database must include the following information
62	62	about a candidate for a partisan elected office, the office of
63	63	mayor, or a position on the governing body of a city:
64	64	(1) name;
65	65	(2) office sought, including any district, place, or
66	66	position;
67	67	(3) if the office is elected at large or by district;
68	68	(4) date of the election;
69	69	(5) public mailing address;
70	70	(6) public telephone number, if available;
71	71	(7) public e-mail address, if available; and
72	72	(8) if the candidate has filed as a write-in
73	73	candidate.
74	74	(d) The county with whom a declaration of candidacy is
75	75	filed, a state or county chair of a political party, or the
76	76	presiding officer of a political party's convention shall provide
77	77	information about a candidate or officeholder to the secretary of
78	78	state. A political subdivision shall provide information about a
79	79	candidate or officeholder to the county in which the political
80	80	subdivision is located and the county shall forward that
81	81	information to the secretary of state.
82	82	(e) The secretary of state shall make the name, office, and
83	83	party affiliation of the holder of a partisan elected office, the
84	84	office of mayor, or a position on the governing body of a city
85	85	available on the secretary of state's Internet website for as long
86	86	as the person holds that office.
87	87	(f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to
88	88	implement this section.
89	89	SECTION 3. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by
90	90	adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
91	91	(h) A county or political party with whom an application is
92	92	filed shall provide the secretary of state with the candidate's
93	93	information required for the secretary of state's Internet website
94	94	under Section 31.018. A political subdivision with whom an
95	95	application is filed shall provide the candidate's information to
96	96	the county in which the political subdivision is located and the
97	97	county shall forward the candidate's information to the secretary
98	98	of state.
99	99	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
100	100	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
101	101	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
102	102	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
103	103	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
104	104	legislative session.