By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 966
(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2019; March 1, 2019,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 1; April 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting
polling places.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.062, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) In a county with a population of 100,000 or more, the
location of a movable temporary branch polling place established
under this section may be changed only:
(1) once during the early voting period; and
(2) after at least half of the early voting period has
concluded.
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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