88R13617 MPF-F     By: Hayes H.B. No. 4399       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the plan for the operation of a central counting   station.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 127.007(b) and (c), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The plan required under this section must include:                (1)  information on [address] the process for comparing   the number of voters who signed the combination form or electronic   poll list with the number of votes cast for the entire election;                (2)  who will provide information and what information   will be provided by each person to the presiding judge of the   central counting station on each component of the process for the   reconciliation of votes and voters conducted under Section   127.131(f);                (3)  the date, time, and location of any logic and   accuracy test to be conducted at the central counting station or   regional tabulating center serving the central counting station;                (4)  the procedures regarding an unsuccessful logic and   accuracy test;                (5)  the date, time, and place the central counting   station will operate on and after election day;                (6)  a list of each person appointed to the central   counting station or regional tabulating center serving the central   counting station and the positions in which the persons will serve;                (7)  the minimum number of licensed peace officers   serving at the central counting station and in which rooms a peace   officer will be stationed;                (8)  the procedures regarding ballot security,   including ballot storage and chain of custody procedures;                (9)  information on how, where, and when a poll watcher   will be accepted for service at the central counting station and the   procedures used to prevent obstruction of the watchers from   performing their duties under this code;                (10)  information regarding the livestream available   to the public under Section 127.1232; and                (11)  a list with the date of any revision to the plan,   the section revised, and the initials of the individual who made the   revision.          (c)  Not later than the 15th day before election day, the   [The] plan required under this section must be posted on the   county's Internet website, if the county maintains an Internet   website, in the same location that the county clerk provides   information on elections held in the county [available to the   public on request not later than 5 p.m. on the fifth day before the   date of the election].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.