By: Seliger S.B. No. 231

(In the Senate - Filed December 4, 2020; March 3, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; March 17, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 17, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to training for county election officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 31.126 to read as follows:

Sec. 31.126. TRAINING. (a) In this section, "county election officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 31.091(1).

(b) The secretary of state shall provide a standardized training program and materials for county election officers in the same manner it provides such a program to election judges and clerks under Subchapter F, Chapter 32.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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