Bill Text: TX HB1026 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for appointment as a tabulation supervisor in an election.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1026 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1026-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1026

AN ACT
relating to eligibility for appointment as a tabulation supervisor
in an election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 127.003(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) To be eligible for appointment, a person must be:
(1) trained in the operation of the automatic
tabulating equipment installed at the counting station; and
(2) a registered voter of the political subdivision
served by the authority establishing the counting station or an
employee of the political subdivision that adopts or owns the
voting system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1026 was passed by the House on May 8,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1026 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor