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| 1 | 1 | 87R284 ADM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 342 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the designation of polling place locations on the | |
| 8 | 8 | campuses of certain institutions of higher education. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners | |
| 13 | 13 | court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on | |
| 14 | 14 | the main campus of a general academic teaching institution as | |
| 15 | 15 | defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the | |
| 16 | 16 | county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a | |
| 18 | 18 | polling place location designated under this section during the | |
| 19 | 19 | same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling | |
| 20 | 20 | place and on election day. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |