By: Paul, Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 2800
(Senate Sponsor - Paxton)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
HughesX
PaxtonX
BettencourtX
BirdwellX
LaMantiaX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
ParkerX
PerryX
SchwertnerX
ZaffiriniX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 or virtually through the Internet;
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.
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