H.B. No. 1001         AN ACT   relating to recording of minutes for a local canvassing authority.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 67.004, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  The presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall   note the completion of the canvass in the minutes or in the   recording required by Section 551.021, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1001 was passed by the House on April   13, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1001 was passed by the Senate on May   11, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor