87R5846 ADM-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 1708
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an electronic voting system that produces a
  voter-verifiable paper record.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 129, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 129.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 129.003.  AUDITABLE VOTING SYSTEM. (a) In this
  section:
               (1)  "Auditable voting system" means a voting system
  that produces a voter-verifiable paper record.
               (2)  "Voter-verifiable paper record" means a paper
  record of an electronically generated ballot that may be:
                     (A)  reviewed and corrected by the voter at the
  time the ballot is cast; and
                     (B)  used for a recount in an election in which
  electronically generated ballots were used.
         (b)  Beginning September 1, 2021, an authority of a political
  subdivision may not purchase a voting system consisting of direct
  recording electronic voting machines that is not an auditable
  voting system.
         (c)  Beginning September 1, 2023, a voting system consisting
  of direct recording electronic voting machines may not be used in an
  election unless the system is an auditable voting system.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.