84R19833 JRJ-D
 
  By: Faircloth H.B. No. 3122
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to ballots counted by the early voting ballot board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The early voting ballot board shall verify and count
  provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than
  the ninth [seventh] day after the date of an election.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 87, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 87.127 to read as follows:
         Sec. 87.127.  RESOLUTION OF INCORRECT DETERMINATION BY EARLY
  VOTING BALLOT BOARD. If a county election officer, as defined by
  Section 31.091, determines a ballot was incorrectly rejected by the
  early voting ballot board before the time set for convening the
  canvassing authority, the county election officer may petition a
  district court for injunctive or other relief as the court
  determines appropriate.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.