By Jones of Dallas, Hodge, Madden                     H.B. No. 2922
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requiring the secretary of state to establish a
 1-3     toll-free telephone number for reporting abuses of voting rights.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 31.0055 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 31.0055.  VOTING RIGHTS HOTLINE. (a)  The secretary of
 1-8     state shall establish a toll-free telephone number to allow a
 1-9     person to report an existing or potential abuse of voting rights.
1-10           (b)  A notice informing voters of the telephone number and
1-11     the purpose for the number shall be continuously posted in a
1-12     prominent location at each polling place during the early voting
1-13     period and on election day for each election held on a uniform
1-14     election date.  The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for
1-15     the notice under this subsection.
1-16           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-17           (b)  The secretary of state shall establish a toll-free
1-18     telephone number and prescribe the form for the notice informing
1-19     voters about the number as required by Section 31.0055, Election
1-20     Code, as added by this Act, on or before November 1, 2001.