H.B. No. 1048
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
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
follows:
(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.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1048 was passed by the House on April
9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1048 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1048 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor