HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Elections TIME & DATE: 2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, April 13, 2005 PLACE: Capitol Extension, E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Mary Denny ___________________________________________________________________________ Bills Rescheduled from the Previous Week's Cancelled Hearing HB 192 Eissler Relating to the determination of the validity of certain Montgomery County Hospital District election petitions. HB 1023 Denny Relating to the length of a ballot proposition. HB 1615 Denny Relating to requirements for software for electronic filing with the Texas Ethics Commission. HB 1799 Denny Relating to a transfer and nonsubstantive revision of laws governing the holding of local option elections regarding alcoholic beverages. HB 1802 Denny Relating to the disclosure of certain information from a provisional ballot affidavit. HB 1863 Uresti Relating to the termination of a campaign treasurer appointment. HB 2030 Nixon Relating to defining residency for purposes of eligibility to hold or be a candidate for public office. HB 2280 Denny Relating to the implementation of a statewide voter registration system as required by the federal Help America Vote Act. HB 2281 Denny Relating to the delivery of certain early voting ballots to the central counting station. HB 2283 Denny Relating to the repeal of obsolete provisions of the Election Code governing the use of mechanical voting machines and punch-card ballots. HB 2319 Denny Relating to the election of unopposed candidates. HB 2321 Denny Relating to the residence of a voter who resides on property located in more than one territory. HB 2454 Jones, Jesse Relating to the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited ballot in a new county of residence. HB 2465 Denny Relating to a public hearing conducted by the secretary of state in regard to the question of approval of a voting system or voting system equipment for use in elections. HB 2826 Truitt Relating to frivolous or bad-faith complaints filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. HB 3294 Bohac Relating to provisional voting by a person who applied for an early voting ballot by mail. New Business Added for this Hearing HB 1268 Bohac Relating to the information included on a voter registration application. HB 1972 Hartnett Relating to the powers and duties of and the appointment of certain election officers. HB 1973 Hartnett Relating to the processing of certain election ballots voted early. HB 2154 Smithee Relating to the declination of compensation by a candidate for a county or precinct office. HB 2759 Taylor / et al. Relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county election precinct. HB 3207 Zedler Relating to certain criminal conduct in election matters; providing penalties. HB 3208 Zedler Relating to the investigation of criminal conduct in election matters. HB 3293 Bohac Relating to the filing period for a candidate's application for a place on a special election ballot. HB 3315 Brown, Betty Relating to state compensation for certain primary election expenses. HCR 44 Denny Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to create a joint interim committee to review the state's election laws in preparation for an omnibus recodification of the Texas Election Code. ___________________________________________________________________________