Texas 2021 87th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB147 Introduced / Bill

Filed 07/08/2021

                    87S10344 KJE-D
 By: Dominguez H.B. No. 147


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the designation of polling place locations on the
 campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.
 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 a general academic teaching institution as
 defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the
 county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution.
 (b)  Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a
 polling place location designated under this section during the
 same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling
 place and on election day.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
 last day of the legislative session.