86R12832 JRJ-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1195
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of polling place locations on the
campuses of certain institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. The commissioners court
of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on the
main campus of an institution of higher education as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code, located within the county if at
least 5,000 students are enrolled in the institution.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.