85R7903 SRS-D
By: Villalba H.B. No. 1262
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a school as a polling place.
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) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if the building
selected for a polling place under this section is a school, the
entity that owns or controls the building may deny the authority
holding the election use of the building as a polling place if the
entity that owns or controls the building can demonstrate that
using the building as a polling place is reasonably likely to result
in unsecured access to students on the building's campus. This
subsection does not apply if classes are suspended during the time
the building is in use as a polling place. The secretary of state
shall adopt rules for the administration of this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.