87R6477 BRG-F
By: Clardy H.B. No. 2149
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to temporary branch polling places.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 85.064, Election Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 85.064. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN
POPULOUS COUNTY.
SECTION 2. Section 85.064, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a) to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to an election in which the
territory served by the early voting clerk is situated in a county
with a population of 100,000 or more. In an election in which the
territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one county,
this section applies if the sum of the populations of the counties
is 100,000 or more.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 85.065 to read as follows:
Sec. 85.065. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN
LESS POPULOUS COUNTY. (a) This section applies only to an election
in which the territory served by the early voting clerk is situated
in a county with a population under 100,000. In an election in which
the territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one
county, this section applies if the sum of the populations of the
counties is under 100,000.
(b) Voting at a temporary branch polling place may be
conducted on any one or more days and during any hours of the period
for early voting by personal appearance, as determined by the
authority establishing the branch. The authority authorized under
Section 85.006 to order early voting on a Saturday or Sunday may
also order, in the manner prescribed by that section, early voting
to be conducted on a Saturday or Sunday at any one or more of the
temporary branch polling places.
(c) The schedules for conducting voting are not required to
be uniform among the temporary branch polling places.
SECTION 4. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each
election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or
Sunday will be conducted under Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b), if
the early voting clerk is a county clerk or city secretary under
Section 83.002 or 83.005.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.