By: Meyer H.B. No. 3972
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of school district buildings as polling place
locations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) If the entity that owns or controls a public building
selected for a polling place under this section is a school
district, the presiding election judge for the precinct in which
the polling place is located shall meet with the principal of the
school or head administrator of the facility, as applicable, to
develop a security plan for the building. The plan must be signed
by the presiding judge and the principal or head administrator, as
applicable, and filed electronically with the secretary of state at
least 14 days before the first day of voting at that polling place
.
The secretary of state shall prescribe the form required by this
subsection and adopt rules for the administration of this
subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.