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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the manner of reporting and maintaining certain |
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information relating to election returns. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 67.007(a), (c), and (d), Election Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For each election for a statewide, [or] district, |
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county, or precinct office, a statewide measure, or president and |
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vice-president of the United States, the county clerk of each |
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county in the territory covered by the election shall prepare |
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county election returns. |
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(c) The county clerk shall certify [sign] the county returns |
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[to certify their accuracy]. |
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(d) Not later than 24 hours after completion of the local |
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canvass, the county clerk shall deliver to the secretary of state, |
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in the manner directed by the secretary, the county returns [in a
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sealed envelope]. [The envelope shall be labeled: "Election
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Returns for __________ (name) County, for __________(election)."] |
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SECTION 2. Sections 67.008(b) and (c), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of state |
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as provided by Section 67.007. [, except that the envelope shall be
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labeled: "Returns of Election for Governor/Lieutenant Governor,
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__________ (name) County, for __________(election)."] |
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(c) The secretary of state shall retain the returns [in
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their sealed condition] until the first day of the next regular |
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legislative session, when the secretary shall deliver the returns |
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to the speaker of the house of representatives. |
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SECTION 3. Section 67.009(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) With the delivery of the official county returns forms, |
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the secretary of state shall deliver[:
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[(1)] written instructions on the preparation and |
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delivery of the county election returns[; and
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[(2)
the officially prescribed envelopes for
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delivering the returns to the secretary]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |