81R3147 DRH-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 719
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain content requirements for signs used to identify
the location of a polling place during a primary election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 172.127 to read as follows:
Sec. 172.127. CONTENT OF SIGN USED TO IDENTIFY POLLING
PLACE LOCATION. (a) This section applies only to a polling place
used to hold an election for more than one political party.
(b) A sign used to indicate the location of a polling place
for a primary election or a primary runoff election must either:
(1) not contain the name of, or symbol representing,
any political party that is holding an election at the polling
place; or
(2) contain each name of, or each symbol representing,
a political party that is holding an election at the polling place.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.