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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 127.1301(b), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An authority operating a central counting station under |
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this chapter may only [not] purchase or use a [centrally counted |
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optical] ballot scan system if the system is only capable of using |
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[that uses] a data transfer media device that: |
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(1) [storage disc on which information,] once a cast |
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vote record is written, is incapable [capable] of being modified |
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without automatic: |
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(A) detection of the modification; and |
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(B) rejection of the cast vote record; and |
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(2) does not allow for the process under Subdivision |
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(1) to be overridden or circumvented. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |