| |
|
| |
|
|
By: Paul, Morales of Maverick |
H.B. No. 2800 |
|
|
(Senate Sponsor - Paxton) |
|
|
|
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023; |
|
|
May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
|
|
Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: |
|
|
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.) |
| Click here to see the committee vote |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
COMMITTEE VOTE |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
YeaNayAbsentPNV |
|
|
HughesX |
|
|
PaxtonX |
|
|
BettencourtX |
|
|
BirdwellX |
|
|
LaMantiaX |
|
|
MenéndezX |
|
|
MiddletonX |
|
|
ParkerX |
|
|
PerryX |
|
|
SchwertnerX |
|
|
ZaffiriniX |
|
|
|
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
| |
|
|
relating to meetings of a county election board. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 51.002, Election Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
|
|
(d) A meeting of the county election board shall be: |
|
|
(1) held in person or virtually through the Internet; |
|
|
and |
|
|
(2) open to the public. |
|
|
(e) Not later than 48 hours before each meeting of the |
|
|
county election board, the county clerk shall post notice of the |
|
|
meeting on the county's Internet website, if the county maintains a |
|
|
website. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
|
|
|
|
|
* * * * * |