HB376 - Relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting station.

  89R1563 MPF-F     By: Hayes H.B. No. 376       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting   station.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 127.007, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e)   to read as follows:          (b)  The plan required under this section must include:                 (1)  information on  [ address ] the process for comparing   the number of voters who signed the combination form or electronic   poll list  with the number of votes cast for the entire election ;                 (2)     who will provide information to the presiding   judge of the central counting station to complete the   reconciliation of votes and voters conducted under Section   127.131(f);                 (3)     the date, time, and location of the second and   third logic and accuracy tests to be conducted at the central   counting station or regional tabulating center serving the central   counting station and the procedures regarding an unsuccessful logic   and accuracy test;                 (4)     the date, time, and place the central counting   station will operate before, on, and after election day, as   applicable;                 (5)     the names of the tabulation supervisor, central   counting station manager, presiding judge, and alternate presiding   judge and the party affiliations of the presiding judge and   alternate presiding judge in the central counting stations and   regional tabulating center serving the central counting station, as   applicable;                 (6)     the procedure regarding ballot security,   including ballot storage and chain of custody procedures from the   time the central counting station or regional tabulating center   receives a sealed ballot box under Section 127.068 through the   period for preserving the precinct election records under Section   66.058; and                 (7)     information regarding the livestream available to   the public under Section 127.1232 .          (c)   Not later than the fifth day before election day:                 (1)  the [ The ] plan required under this section must be   posted on the county's Internet website in the same location that   the county clerk provides information on elections held by the   county; and                 (2)     a copy of the plan, including the contact   information of the persons described by Subsection (b)(5), must be   provided to the members of the county election board [ available to   the public on request not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day before   the date of the election ].           (d)     If a plan required by this section is revised after the   date the plan is posted in accordance with Subsection (c), the   county's Internet website must be updated to include:                 (1)  the plan with incorporated revisions; and                 (2)  either:                       (A)     a list with the date of each revision and the   section revised; or                       (B)     a revised version of the plan conspicuously   displaying each revision and the date of those revisions.           (e)     The contact information of a person described by   Subsection (b)(5) is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,   Government Code.            SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.