89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 1008
Relating to the systems used in a central counting station.
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By: Toth H.B. No. 1008 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the systems used in a central counting station. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 127.1301(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) An authority operating a central counting station under this chapter may not purchase or use a [centrally counted optical] ballot scanner unless the ballot scanner can only use [scan system that uses] a data storage device [disc] on which information, once written, is incapable [capable] of being modified without rendering the device unreadable.