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

Texas House Bill 1026 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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	By: Thompson of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Garcia)	H.B. No. 1026
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
	May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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.

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