S.B. No. 2067
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. Subsection (d), Section 174.022, 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2067 passed the Senate on
April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2067 passed the House on
May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor