S.B. No. 1116
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting
  election notices and results on an Internet website.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 65, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 65.016 to read as follows:
         Sec. 65.016.  INTERNET POSTING OF ELECTION RESULTS. (a) A
  county that holds or provides election services for an election and
  maintains an Internet website shall post on its public Internet
  website for an election of public officials or of a governmental
  entity authorized by law to impose a tax administered by the county:
               (1)  the results of each election;
               (2)  the total number of votes cast;
               (3)  the total number of votes cast for each candidate
  or for or against each measure;
               (4)  the total number of votes cast by personal
  appearance on election day;
               (5)  the total number of votes cast by personal
  appearance or mail during the early voting period; and
               (6)  the total number of counted and uncounted
  provisional ballots cast.
         (b)  A city or independent school district that holds an
  election and maintains an Internet website shall post on its public
  Internet website for the city or independent school district, as
  applicable:
               (1)  the results of each election;
               (2)  the total number of votes cast;
               (3)  the total number of votes cast for each candidate
  or for or against each measure;
               (4)  the total number of votes cast by personal
  appearance on election day;
               (5)  the total number of votes cast by personal
  appearance or mail during the early voting period; and
               (6)  the total number of counted and uncounted
  provisional ballots cast.
         (c)  The information described by Subsections (a) and (b)
  must be:
               (1)  posted as soon as practicable after the election;
  and
               (2)  accessible without having to make more than two
  selections or view more than two network locations after accessing
  the Internet website home page of the county, city, or district, as
  applicable.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 4, Election Code, is amended by adding
  Section 4.009 to read as follows:
         Sec. 4.009.  INTERNET POSTING. (a) Not later than the 21st
  day before election day, a county that holds or provides election
  services for an election and maintains an Internet website shall
  post on its public Internet website for an election of public
  officials or of a governmental entity authorized by law to impose a
  tax administered by the county:
               (1)  the date of the election;
               (2)  the location of each polling place;
               (3)  each candidate for an elected office on the
  ballot; and
               (4)  each measure on the ballot.
         (b)  Not later than the 21st day before election day, a city
  or independent school district that holds an election and maintains
  an Internet website shall post on the public Internet website for
  the city or independent school district, as applicable:
               (1)  the date of the next election;
               (2)  the location of each polling place;
               (3)  each candidate for an elected office on the
  ballot; and
               (4)  each measure on the ballot.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1116 passed the Senate on
  April 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1116 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor