1-1 By: Jones of Dallas, Hodge, Madden H.B. No. 2922 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001; 1-4 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-5 Affairs; May 7, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-6 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to requiring the secretary of state to establish a 1-10 toll-free telephone number for reporting abuses of voting rights. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is 1-13 amended by adding Section 31.0055 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 31.0055. VOTING RIGHTS HOTLINE. (a) The secretary of 1-15 state shall establish a toll-free telephone number to allow a 1-16 person to report an existing or potential abuse of voting rights. 1-17 (b) A notice informing voters of the telephone number and 1-18 the purpose for the number shall be continuously posted in a 1-19 prominent location at each polling place during the early voting 1-20 period and on election day for each election held on a uniform 1-21 election date. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for 1-22 the notice under this subsection. 1-23 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-24 (b) The secretary of state shall establish a toll-free 1-25 telephone number and prescribe the form for the notice informing 1-26 voters about the number as required by Section 31.0055, Election 1-27 Code, as added by this Act, on or before November 1, 2001. 1-28 * * * * *