81R10480 JRH-D
By: Davis, Wendy S.B. No. 2067
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to precinct conventions by the elderly and
persons with physical disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 174.022(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The place selected for a precinct convention must meet
the same requirements for access by the elderly and persons with
physical disabilities as a polling place under Section 43.034(a)
[unless the state executive committee for a political party issues
an order that the places for precinct conventions for that
political party are not required to meet the same requirements as a
polling place under Section 43.034(a). The order must be entered in
the minutes of the state executive committee not later than the 30th
day before the date precinct conventions are to be held].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.