HB665 - Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website databases containing certain information about elections.

  89R1507 LRM-D     By: Bucy H.B. No. 665       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of   state's Internet website databases containing certain information   about elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 4.003, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as   follows:          (e)  The authority responsible for giving notice of the   election shall deliver :                 (1)   to the secretary of state a copy of the notice of a   consolidated precinct required by Subsection (b) not later than the   date of the election ; and                 (2)     in January of each year information on an election   for a partisan office, the office of mayor, or a position on the   governing body of a city or board of trustees of an independent   school district for the secretary of state's database of election   information under Section 31.023 in an electronic format as   follows:                       (A)     if the authority is a county or political   party, as required by the secretary of state; or                       (B)     if the authority is a city or school   district, to the county in which the authority is located .           (e-1)     A county receiving information under Subsection   (e)(2)(B) shall forward the information to the secretary of state.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is   amended by adding Sections 31.023 and 31.024 to read as follows:           Sec.   31.023.     INTERNET DATABASE OF ELECTION INFORMATION.   (a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's   public Internet website a database containing information on each   election for a partisan office, the office of mayor, or a position   on the governing body of a city or board of trustees of an   independent school district provided under Sections 4.003(e) and   (e-1).   The database must include the following information:                 (1)  the name of the authority;                 (2)  each office to be filled at the election;                 (3)     whether the office is elected at large or by   district;                 (4)  the duration of the term of office; and                 (5)     the dates of the preceding and next election for   the office.           (b)     The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.           Sec.   31.024.     INTERNET DATABASE FOR INCUMBENTS AND   CANDIDATES. (a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary   of state's public Internet website a database containing   information about each holder of and candidate for any partisan   elected office, office of mayor, or position on the governing body   of a city or a board of trustees   of an independent school district   in this state.           (b)     The database must include the following information   about a holder of a partisan elected office, the office of mayor, or   a position on the governing body of a city or board of trustees of an   independent school district:                 (1)  name;                 (2)     office title, including any district, place, or   position and a notation that the person is an incumbent;                 (3)  if the office is elected at large or by district;                 (4)     date of the previous and next election for the   office;                 (5)  public mailing address;                 (6)  public telephone number, if available; and                 (7)  public e-mail address, if available.           (c)     The database must include the following information   about a candidate for a partisan elected office, the office of   mayor, or a position on the governing body of a city or board of   trustees of an independent school district:                 (1)  name;                 (2)     office sought, including any district, place, or   position;                 (3)  if the office is elected at large or by district;                 (4)  date of the election;                 (5)  public mailing address;                 (6)  public telephone number, if available;                 (7)  public e-mail address, if available; and                 (8)     if the candidate has filed as a write-in   candidate.           (d)     The county with whom a declaration of candidacy is   filed, a state or county chair of a political party, or the   presiding officer of a political party's convention shall provide   information about a candidate or officeholder to the secretary of   state.   A political subdivision shall provide information about a   candidate or officeholder to the county in which the political   subdivision is located and the county shall forward that   information to the secretary of state.           (e)     The secretary of state shall make the name, office, and   party affiliation of the holder of a partisan elected office, the   office of mayor, or a position on the governing body of a city or   board of trustees of an independent school district available on   the secretary of state's public Internet website for as long as the   person holds that office.           (f)     The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 3.  Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:           (h)     A county or political party with whom an application is   filed shall provide the secretary of state with the candidate's   information required for the secretary of state's public Internet   website under Section 31.024.   A political subdivision with whom an   application is filed shall provide the candidate's information to   the county in which the political subdivision is located, and the   county shall forward the candidate's information to the secretary   of state.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.