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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to storing data received from a centrally counted optical |
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scan ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 127.1301(b), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An authority operating a central counting station under |
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this chapter may not purchase or use a centrally counted optical |
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ballot scan system that stores data on [uses] a computer with a data |
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storage disc on which information, once written, is capable of |
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being overwritten during a system upgrade [modified]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 127.1301(c), (d), and (e), Election |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |