| 1 | 1 | | 88R13619 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hayes H.B. No. 4401 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to notice requirements for a public test of logic and |
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| 8 | 8 | | accuracy of a voting system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 129.023, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (b-2) and adding Subsections (b-3) and (b-4) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b-2) If the test is being conducted for an election in |
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| 14 | 14 | | which a county election board has been established under Section |
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| 15 | 15 | | 51.002, the general custodian of election records shall notify each |
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| 16 | 16 | | member of the county election board of the test at least 48 hours |
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| 17 | 17 | | before the date of the test. If the county election board chooses |
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| 18 | 18 | | to witness the test, each member shall sign the statement required |
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| 19 | 19 | | by Subsection (e)(1). |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b-3) The general custodian of election records shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | reschedule a logic and accuracy test if the test cannot be conducted |
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| 22 | 22 | | within one hour of the time on the notice published under Subsection |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b). The test must be rescheduled no sooner than four hours after |
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| 24 | 24 | | the time on the notice published under Subsection (b). Notice of a |
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| 25 | 25 | | test rescheduled under this section must be published at least four |
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| 26 | 26 | | hours before the test begins in the manner provided by Subsection |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) and by Subsections (b-1) and (b-2), if applicable. If a |
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| 28 | 28 | | rescheduled test cannot begin within one hour of the time on the |
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| 29 | 29 | | most recent notice of the test provided under this subsection, the |
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| 30 | 30 | | test must again be rescheduled in the manner provided by this |
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| 31 | 31 | | subsection. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b-4) A logic and accuracy test conducted under this section |
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| 33 | 33 | | may not begin at any time before or later than one hour after the |
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| 34 | 34 | | published time on the most recent notice of the test provided under |
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| 35 | 35 | | this section. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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