Bill Text: TX HB2959 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the removal of electronic voting system equipment from the polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Elections [HB2959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2959-Introduced.html
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| By: Collier | H.B. No. 2959 | |
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| relating to the removal of electronic voting system equipment from | ||
| the polling place. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 125.063, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 125.063. SECURING EQUIPMENT ON CLOSE OF VOTING. (a) An | ||
| election officer may not disassemble or remove electronic voting | ||
| system equipment or any component of the equipment from the polling | ||
| place until the close of voting. | ||
| (b) On the close of voting at each polling place at which | ||
| electronic voting system equipment is used, an election officer | ||
| shall secure or inactivate the equipment as prescribed by the | ||
| secretary of state so that its unauthorized operation is prevented. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
