TITLE: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding state election inspectors.

SUMMARY: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding state election inspectors.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding state election inspectors. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 34.001(a) and (c), Election Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) The secretary of state may appoint one or more state inspectors for an election. The appointment is, until the day after election day, confidential and not available for public inspection. (c) A request under Subsection (b) must be received by the secretary of state not later than the fourth regular business day before the date of the election for which the inspectors are requested. The request is,until the day after election day, confidential and not available for public inspection [until the day after election day].SECTION 2. Chapter 34, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 34.006 to read as follows: Sec. 34.006. PLACES INSPECTED CONFIDENTIAL. Information held by the secretary of state that indicates the place a state inspector has been appointed to inspect is, during the period beginning on the day the state inspector is appointed and ending on the day after election day, confidential and not available for public inspection. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.