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Amend CSSB 9 (senate committee printing) as follows:
In SECTION 5.01 of the bill, in added Section 127.305, Election Code (page 8, between lines 43 and 44), insert the following appropriately lettered subsections and reletter the subsequent subsections accordingly:
( ) The secretary of state shall select at least five counties to participate in the pilot program. At least one county participating in the pilot program must have a population of at least 500,000.
( ) After each election conducted under the pilot program, the secretary of state shall send a detailed report to each member of the legislature evaluating the success of the program and making a recommendation as to whether the legislature should act to delay the statewide implementation of the program.