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1	1		89R1563 MPF-F
2	2		By: Hayes H.B. No. 376
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting
8	10		station.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 127.007, Election Code, is amended by
11	13		amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e)
12	14		to read as follows:
13	15		(b) The plan required under this section must include:
14	16		(1) information on [address] the process for comparing
15	17		the number of voters who signed the combination form or electronic
16	18		poll list with the number of votes cast for the entire election;
17	19		(2) who will provide information to the presiding
18	20		judge of the central counting station to complete the
19	21		reconciliation of votes and voters conducted under Section
20	22		127.131(f);
21	23		(3) the date, time, and location of the second and
22	24		third logic and accuracy tests to be conducted at the central
23	25		counting station or regional tabulating center serving the central
24	26		counting station and the procedures regarding an unsuccessful logic
25	27		and accuracy test;
26	28		(4) the date, time, and place the central counting
27	29		station will operate before, on, and after election day, as
28	30		applicable;
29	31		(5) the names of the tabulation supervisor, central
30	32		counting station manager, presiding judge, and alternate presiding
31	33		judge and the party affiliations of the presiding judge and
32	34		alternate presiding judge in the central counting stations and
33	35		regional tabulating center serving the central counting station, as
34	36		applicable;
35	37		(6) the procedure regarding ballot security,
36	38		including ballot storage and chain of custody procedures from the
37	39		time the central counting station or regional tabulating center
38	40		receives a sealed ballot box under Section 127.068 through the
39	41		period for preserving the precinct election records under Section
40	42		66.058; and
41	43		(7) information regarding the livestream available to
42	44		the public under Section 127.1232.
43	45		(c) Not later than the fifth day before election day:
44	46		(1) the [The] plan required under this section must be
45	47		posted on the county's Internet website in the same location that
46	48		the county clerk provides information on elections held by the
47	49		county; and
48	50		(2) a copy of the plan, including the contact
49	51		information of the persons described by Subsection (b)(5), must be
50	52		provided to the members of the county election board [available to
51	53		the public on request not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day before
52	54		the date of the election].
53	55		(d) If a plan required by this section is revised after the
54	56		date the plan is posted in accordance with Subsection (c), the
55	57		county's Internet website must be updated to include:
56	58		(1) the plan with incorporated revisions; and
57	59		(2) either:
58	60		(A) a list with the date of each revision and the
59	61		section revised; or
60	62		(B) a revised version of the plan conspicuously
61	63		displaying each revision and the date of those revisions.
62	64		(e) The contact information of a person described by
63	65		Subsection (b)(5) is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
64	66		Government Code.
65	67		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.