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78R6695 DRH-D
By: Staples S.B. No. 1643
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of election officers for a central
counting station for certain elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 127.005, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) For an election in which election judges appointed under
Section 32.002 serve, the presiding judge and an alternate
presiding judge shall be appointed for each central counting
station operating in the election in the same manner as a presiding
judge and alternate presiding judge under Section 32.002.
(f) An alternate presiding judge appointed under Subsection
(e) serves:
(1) as presiding judge for the counting station if the
regularly appointed presiding judge cannot serve; or
(2) in another position established under this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 127, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 127.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 127.008. APPOINTMENT OF COUNTING STATION STAFF. (a)
This section applies only to an election in which election judges
appointed under Section 32.002 serve.
(b) Not later than the 25th day before the day of an
election, the county chair of each political party that holds a
primary in the county shall submit in writing to the commissioners
court a list of names of persons qualified for each position
described in this subchapter, other than presiding judge. To the
extent possible, the person designated to make appointments under
this subchapter shall make appointments in equal numbers from the
lists provided under this subsection. If not serving as presiding
judge, the alternate presiding judge shall be appointed to one of
the positions.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.