84R1040 ADM-D
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the early voting period for certain elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance
begins on the 17th day before election day and continues through the
second [fourth] day before election day, except as otherwise
provided by this section.
SECTION 2. Sections 85.006(a) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b), the]
authority ordering an election shall [may] order early voting by
personal appearance at the main early voting polling place to be
conducted on each Saturday and Sunday [one or more Saturdays or
Sundays] during the early voting period.
(c) The authority ordering voting [on a Saturday or Sunday]
shall determine the hours during which voting is to be conducted on
Saturday and on Sunday.
SECTION 3. Sections 85.007(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The election order and the election notice must state:
(1) the date that early voting will begin if under
Section 85.001(d) the early voting period is to begin later than the
prescribed date;
(2) the regular dates and hours that voting will be
conducted under Section 85.005(b); and
(3) the dates and hours that voting on Saturday and on
[or] Sunday is ordered to be conducted under Section 85.006(a).
(b) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each
election stating the dates and hours that voting on [a] Saturday and
on [or] Sunday is ordered to be conducted under Section 85.006
[85.006(b)].
SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Election Code
are repealed:
(1) Section 85.001(e); and
(2) Sections 85.006(b) and (d).
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.