Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3751 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/15/2017

                            By: Schofield H.B. No. 3751


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the conduct of certain bond elections.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 85, Election Code, is amended by adding
 Section 85.0655 to read as follows:
 85.0655 TEMPORARY BRANCH IN BOND ELECTIONS.
 Notwithstanding
 the provisions of sections 85.062, 85.064, and 85.065, the location
 of a movable polling place in an election in which a proposition
 submitted to the voters for approval of the issuance of bonds or the
 imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax shall be fixed at one
 place for the duration of the period that voting is conducted at the
 polling place.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1,2017.