87R4840 SGM-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 408
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of polling place locations on the
campuses of certain institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners
court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on
the main campus of an institution of higher education as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code, located within the county if at
least 5,000 students are enrolled in the institution.
(b) The commissioners court of a county shall designate two
polling places on the main campus of an institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, if at least
10,000 students are enrolled in the institution, and shall
designate one additional polling place for every additional 10,000
students enrolled in the institution.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.