H.B. No. 2800
AN ACT
relating to meetings of a county election board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.002, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) A meeting of the county election board shall be:
(1) held in person; and
(2) open to the public.
(e) Not later than 48 hours before each meeting of the
county election board, the county clerk shall post notice of the
meeting on the county's Internet website, if the county maintains a
website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2800 was passed by the House on May 5,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2800 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2800 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor