86R17185 ADM-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1048
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a county early voting polling place by a
political subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.010, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and
(b-1) to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to an election held by a political
subdivision, other than a county, on a [the November] uniform
election date in which the political subdivision:
(1) is not holding a joint election with a county in
accordance with Chapter 271; and
(2) has not executed a contract with a county
elections officer under which the political subdivision and the
county share early voting polling places for the election.
(a-1) In this section, "eligible county polling place"
means an early voting polling place, other than a polling place
established under Section 85.062(e), established by a county.
(b) A political subdivision that holds an election
described by Subsection (a):
(1) shall designate as an early voting polling place
for the election an eligible county [any early voting] polling
place[, other than a polling place established under Section
85.062(e), established by the county and] located in the political
subdivision; and
(2) may not designate as an early voting polling place
a location other than an eligible county polling place unless each
eligible county polling place located in the political subdivision
is designated as an early voting polling place by the political
subdivision.
(b-1) For an election held on the May uniform election date,
a political subdivision shall comply with Subsection (b) by
designating an eligible county polling place established by a
county for the most recent election held on the November uniform
election date to the extent possible.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.