88R6286 MLH-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1254
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a notice of the delivery of provisional ballots.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 65.053, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 65.053. DELIVERY OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. (a) The
presiding judge of an election precinct shall deliver in person to
the general custodian of election records the box containing each
envelope containing a provisional ballot that was cast in the
precinct. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures by
which the early voting ballot board may have access to the
provisional ballots as necessary to implement this subchapter.
(b) The presiding judge of an election precinct shall daily
prepare a notice of the number of provisional ballots delivered to
the general custodian of elections records under Subsection (a) and
deliver the notice to, as applicable:
(1) the central counting station;
(2) the counting station designated under Section
127.001(b); or
(3) the early voting ballot board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.