88R13617 MPF-F
By: Hayes H.B. No. 4399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting
station.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 127.007(b) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The plan required under this section must include:
(1) information on [address] the process for comparing
the number of voters who signed the combination form or electronic
poll list with the number of votes cast for the entire election;
(2) who will provide information and what information
will be provided by each person to the presiding judge of the
central counting station on each component of the process for the
reconciliation of votes and voters conducted under Section
127.131(f);
(3) the date, time, and location of any logic and
accuracy test to be conducted at the central counting station or
regional tabulating center serving the central counting station;
(4) the procedures regarding an unsuccessful logic and
accuracy test;
(5) the date, time, and place the central counting
station will operate on and after election day;
(6) a list of each person appointed to the central
counting station or regional tabulating center serving the central
counting station and the positions in which the persons will serve;
(7) the minimum number of licensed peace officers
serving at the central counting station and in which rooms a peace
officer will be stationed;
(8) the procedures regarding ballot security,
including ballot storage and chain of custody procedures;
(9) information on how, where, and when a poll watcher
will be accepted for service at the central counting station and the
procedures used to prevent obstruction of the watchers from
performing their duties under this code;
(10) information regarding the livestream available
to the public under Section 127.1232; and
(11) a list with the date of any revision to the plan,
the section revised, and the initials of the individual who made the
revision.
(c) Not later than the 15th day before election day, the
[The] plan required under this section must be posted on the
county's Internet website, if the county maintains an Internet
website, in the same location that the county clerk provides
information on elections held in the county [available to the
public on request not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day before the
date of the election].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.