89R1563 MPF-F
By: Hayes H.B. No. 376
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. Section 127.007, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e)
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 to the presiding
judge of the central counting station to complete the
reconciliation of votes and voters conducted under Section
127.131(f);
(3) the date, time, and location of the second and
third logic and accuracy tests to be conducted at the central
counting station or regional tabulating center serving the central
counting station and the procedures regarding an unsuccessful logic
and accuracy test;
(4) the date, time, and place the central counting
station will operate before, on, and after election day, as
applicable;
(5) the names of the tabulation supervisor, central
counting station manager, presiding judge, and alternate presiding
judge and the party affiliations of the presiding judge and
alternate presiding judge in the central counting stations and
regional tabulating center serving the central counting station, as
applicable;
(6) the procedure regarding ballot security,
including ballot storage and chain of custody procedures from the
time the central counting station or regional tabulating center
receives a sealed ballot box under Section 127.068 through the
period for preserving the precinct election records under Section
66.058; and
(7) information regarding the livestream available to
the public under Section 127.1232.
(c) Not later than the fifth day before election day:
(1) the [The] plan required under this section must be
posted on the county's Internet website in the same location that
the county clerk provides information on elections held by the
county; and
(2) a copy of the plan, including the contact
information of the persons described by Subsection (b)(5), must be
provided to the members of the county election board [available to
the public on request not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day before
the date of the election].
(d) If a plan required by this section is revised after the
date the plan is posted in accordance with Subsection (c), the
county's Internet website must be updated to include:
(1) the plan with incorporated revisions; and
(2) either:
(A) a list with the date of each revision and the
section revised; or
(B) a revised version of the plan conspicuously
displaying each revision and the date of those revisions.
(e) The contact information of a person described by
Subsection (b)(5) is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.