| 1 | 1 | | 84R308 ADM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lozano H.B. No. 2888 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | political subdivision. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 85.010, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-1) In this section, "eligible county polling place" |
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| 14 | 14 | | means an early voting polling place, other than a polling place |
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| 15 | 15 | | established under Section 85.062(e), established by a county. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) A political subdivision that holds an election |
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| 17 | 17 | | described by Subsection (a): |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) shall designate as an early voting polling place |
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| 19 | 19 | | for the election an eligible county [any early voting] polling |
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| 20 | 20 | | place[, other than a polling place established under Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 85.062(e), established by the county and] located in the political |
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| 22 | 22 | | subdivision; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) may not designate as an early voting polling place |
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| 24 | 24 | | a location other than an eligible county polling place unless each |
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| 25 | 25 | | eligible county polling place located in the political subdivision |
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| 26 | 26 | | is designated as an early voting polling place by the political |
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| 27 | 27 | | subdivision. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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