H.B. No. 3965
AN ACT
relating to the countywide polling place program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows:
(o) Each countywide polling place must post a notice of the
four nearest countywide polling place locations by driving
distance.
(p) If a court orders any countywide polling place to remain
open after 7 p.m., all countywide polling places located in that
county shall remain open for the length of time required in the
court order.
SECTION 2. 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. 3965 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3965 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. 3965 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