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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of |
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state's Internet website a database of certain election information |
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collected from authorities responsible for giving notice of an |
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election. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 4.003(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) The authority responsible for giving notice of the |
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election shall deliver to the secretary of state: |
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(1) a copy of the notice of a consolidated precinct |
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required by Subsection (b) not later than the date of the election; |
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and |
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(2) information for the secretary of state's database |
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of election information under Section 31.017 in an electronic |
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format required by the secretary of state. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 31.017 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.017. INTERNET DATABASE OF ELECTION INFORMATION. |
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(a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's |
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public Internet website a database containing information provided |
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by each authority responsible for giving notice of an election in |
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this state. The database must include the following information: |
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(1) the name of the authority; |
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(2) each office to be filled at the election; |
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(3) whether the office is elected at large or by |
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district; and |
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(4) the dates of the preceding and next election for |
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the office. |
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(b) The secretary of state: |
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(1) may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and |
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donations from any public or private source for the creation and |
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maintenance of the database; and |
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(2) shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |