84R9304 ADM-D
By: Creighton S.B. No. 1728
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the days and hours that early voting is conducted by
personal appearance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.063, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 85.063. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: PERMANENT OR
TEMPORARY BRANCH. Early voting by personal appearance at each
permanent or temporary branch polling place shall be conducted on
the same days and during the same hours as voting is conducted at
the main early voting polling place.
SECTION 2. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each
election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or
Sunday will be conducted at a temporary branch polling place [under
Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b)], if the early voting clerk is a
county clerk or city secretary under Section 83.002 or 83.005.
SECTION 3. Sections 85.064 and 85.065, Election Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.