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| 1 | 1 | 87S20043 SLB-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Schofield H.B. No. 27 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the creation, suspension, or alteration of voting | |
| 8 | 8 | standards, practices, or procedures. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Election Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 1.022 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 1.022. ALTERATION OF VOTING STANDARDS, PRACTICES, OR | |
| 13 | 13 | PROCEDURES. An election official of this state or a political | |
| 14 | 14 | subdivision of this state may not create, suspend, or alter any | |
| 15 | 15 | voting standard, practice, or procedure in a manner not otherwise | |
| 16 | 16 | expressly authorized by this code. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | |
| 22 | 22 | legislative session. |