1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 2067 |
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4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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5 | 5 | | relating to access to precinct conventions by the elderly and |
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6 | 6 | | persons with physical disabilities. |
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7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 174.022, Election Code, |
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9 | 9 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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10 | 10 | | (d) The place selected for a precinct convention must meet |
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11 | 11 | | the same requirements for access by the elderly and persons with |
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12 | 12 | | physical disabilities as a polling place under Section 43.034(a) |
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13 | 13 | | [unless the state executive committee for a political party issues |
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14 | 14 | | an order that the places for precinct conventions for that |
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15 | 15 | | political party are not required to meet the same requirements as a |
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16 | 16 | | polling place under Section 43.034(a). The order must be entered in |
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17 | 17 | | the minutes of the state executive committee not later than the 30th |
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18 | 18 | | day before the date precinct conventions are to be held]. |
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19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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20 | 20 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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21 | 21 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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22 | 22 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2067 passed the Senate on |
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23 | 23 | | April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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24 | 24 | | ______________________________ |
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25 | 25 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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26 | 26 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2067 passed the House on |
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27 | 27 | | May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one |
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28 | 28 | | present not voting. |
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29 | 29 | | ______________________________ |
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30 | 30 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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31 | 31 | | Approved: |
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32 | 32 | | ______________________________ |
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33 | 33 | | Date |
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34 | 34 | | ______________________________ |
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35 | 35 | | Governor |
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