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1 | 1 | 84R9304 ADM-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Creighton S.B. No. 1728 | |
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4 | 4 | ||
5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to the days and hours that early voting is conducted by | |
8 | 8 | personal appearance. | |
9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 85.063, Election Code, is amended to | |
11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
12 | 12 | Sec. 85.063. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: PERMANENT OR | |
13 | 13 | TEMPORARY BRANCH. Early voting by personal appearance at each | |
14 | 14 | permanent or temporary branch polling place shall be conducted on | |
15 | 15 | the same days and during the same hours as voting is conducted at | |
16 | 16 | the main early voting polling place. | |
17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
18 | 18 | read as follows: | |
19 | 19 | (a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each | |
20 | 20 | election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or | |
21 | 21 | Sunday will be conducted at a temporary branch polling place [under | |
22 | 22 | Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b)], if the early voting clerk is a | |
23 | 23 | county clerk or city secretary under Section 83.002 or 83.005. | |
24 | 24 | SECTION 3. Sections 85.064 and 85.065, Election Code, are | |
25 | 25 | repealed. | |
26 | 26 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |