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1 | 1 | 87R4840 SGM-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 408 | |
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4 | 4 | ||
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 an institution of higher education as defined by | |
15 | 15 | Section 61.003, Education Code, located within the county if at | |
16 | 16 | least 5,000 students are enrolled in the institution. | |
17 | 17 | (b) The commissioners court of a county shall designate two | |
18 | 18 | polling places on the main campus of an institution of higher | |
19 | 19 | education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, if at least | |
20 | 20 | 10,000 students are enrolled in the institution, and shall | |
21 | 21 | designate one additional polling place for every additional 10,000 | |
22 | 22 | students enrolled in the institution. | |
23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |