86R15614 GRM-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 2193
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to polling place locations under the countywide polling
place program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.007(f), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) In selecting countywide polling places, a county must
adopt a methodology for determining where each polling place will
be located. The county may locate a countywide polling place in
every precinct in the county. The total number of countywide
polling places may not be less than:
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), 50 percent
of the number of precinct polling places that would otherwise be
located in the county for that election; or
(2) for an election held in the first year in which the
county participates in the program, 65 percent of the number of
precinct polling places that would otherwise be located in the
county for that election.
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.