BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2160 |
By: Paul |
Elections |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties report that the authorities responsible for conducting elections find it difficult to recruit volunteer county election judges and clerks because these potential volunteers are concerned that their own personal information may be considered public information. C.S.H.B. 2160 seeks to address this concern.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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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
C.S.H.B. 2160 amends the Election Code to establish that an e-mail address or personal phone number of an election judge or clerk collected or maintained by the authority conducting the election is confidential and does not constitute public information for purposes of state public information law, except that the e-mail address or phone number is required to be made available on request to any entity eligible to submit lists of election judges or clerks for that election or the state executive committee of a political party with a county chair eligible to submit lists of election judges or clerks for that election.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2160 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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