Bill Text: TX HB2552 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website a database of certain election information collected from authorities responsible for giving notice of an election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2552 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2552-Introduced.html
86R9930 SRS-D | ||
By: Bucy | H.B. No. 2552 |
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relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of | ||
state's Internet website a database of certain election information | ||
collected from authorities responsible for giving notice of an | ||
election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 4.003(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) The authority responsible for giving notice of the | ||
election shall deliver to the secretary of state: | ||
(1) a copy of the notice of a consolidated precinct | ||
required by Subsection (b) not later than the date of the election; | ||
and | ||
(2) information for the secretary of state's database | ||
of election information under Section 31.017 in an electronic | ||
format required by the secretary of state. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 31.017 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.017. INTERNET DATABASE OF ELECTION INFORMATION. | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's | ||
public Internet website a database containing information provided | ||
by each authority responsible for giving notice of an election in | ||
this state. The database must include the following information: | ||
(1) the name of the authority; | ||
(2) each office to be filled at the election; | ||
(3) whether the office is elected at large or by | ||
district; and | ||
(4) the dates of the preceding and next election for | ||
the office. | ||
(b) The secretary of state: | ||
(1) may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations from any public or private source for the creation and | ||
maintenance of the database; and | ||
(2) shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |