85R4973 ADM-F     By: Villalba H.B. No. 949       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voting system equipment used by counties participating   in the countywide polling place program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 43.007(c) and (d), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (c)  In conducting the program, the secretary of state shall   provide for an audit of the voting system equipment [direct   recording electronic voting units] before and after the election,   and during the election to the extent such an audit is practicable.          (d)  The secretary of state shall select to participate in   the program each county that:                (1)  has held a public hearing under Subsection (b);                (2)  has submitted documentation listing the steps   taken to solicit input on participating in the program by   organizations or persons who represent the interests of voters;                (3)  has implemented a computerized voter registration   list that allows an election officer at the polling place to verify   that a voter has not previously voted in the election;                (4)  uses direct recording electronic voting machines   or any other type of voting machine that is capable of processing   votes for each type of ballot to be voted in the county; and                (5)  is determined by the secretary of state to have the   appropriate technological capabilities.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.