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| 1 | 1 | 85R7903 SRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Villalba H.B. No. 1262 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of a school as a polling place. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (f) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if the building | |
| 12 | 12 | selected for a polling place under this section is a school, the | |
| 13 | 13 | entity that owns or controls the building may deny the authority | |
| 14 | 14 | holding the election use of the building as a polling place if the | |
| 15 | 15 | entity that owns or controls the building can demonstrate that | |
| 16 | 16 | using the building as a polling place is reasonably likely to result | |
| 17 | 17 | in unsecured access to students on the building's campus. This | |
| 18 | 18 | subsection does not apply if classes are suspended during the time | |
| 19 | 19 | the building is in use as a polling place. The secretary of state | |
| 20 | 20 | shall adopt rules for the administration of this subsection. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |