BILL ANALYSIS |
H.B. 1996 |
By: Miller, Rick |
Elections |
Committee Report (Unamended) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
One of the many roles of a county chairman is to organize and conduct primary elections. Interested parties assert that it is sometimes necessary for a chairman conducting a primary election to enter a polling location for administrative purposes. H.B. 1996 seeks to allow a county chair to enter a polling location during a voting period to conduct necessary administrative tasks associated with the election process.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
H.B. 1996 amends the Election Code to authorize the county chair of a political party conducting a primary election to be in a polling place during the voting period as necessary to perform administrative functions related to the conduct of the election.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.
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