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| 1 | 1 | 86R13499 GRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bucy H.B. No. 3352 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 64.009, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (e) At each polling place a parking space shall be reserved | |
| 12 | 12 | for voting under this section. The space may not be a parking space | |
| 13 | 13 | designated specifically for persons with disabilities. The parking | |
| 14 | 14 | space must be clearly marked for use by a voter who is unable to | |
| 15 | 15 | enter the polling place with a sign. The sign must have a telephone | |
| 16 | 16 | number for a voter to request assistance from election officials at | |
| 17 | 17 | the polling place. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 104.004(e), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 19 | 19 | read as follows: | |
| 20 | 20 | (e) If the voter is physically unable to enter the early | |
| 21 | 21 | voting polling place without personal assistance or a likelihood of | |
| 22 | 22 | injuring the voter's health, the clerk shall deliver the balloting | |
| 23 | 23 | materials to the voter at the polling place entrance or curb | |
| 24 | 24 | following the procedures prescribed by Section 64.009. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |