85R9715 SRS-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 2834
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to posting the location of a polling place used in an
election on the secretary of state's website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 43, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 43.064 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.064. LOCATION OF POLLING PLACE ON SECRETARY OF
STATE'S WEBSITE. (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe
procedures requiring each entity designating the location of a
polling place, including an early voting polling place, to submit
information on the location to the secretary of state for inclusion
on the secretary of state's website.
(b) For each polling place the information submitted must
include:
(1) the name of the building in which the polling place
is located, if available;
(2) the street address and zip code of the polling
place;
(3) the days and hours of voting at each location;
(4) whether a polling place is a countywide polling
place under Section 43.007; and
(5) if a polling place is designated as the location
for more than one precinct, each precinct voting at the location.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.