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1 | 1 | 87S10344 KJE-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 147 | |
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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 general academic teaching institutions. | |
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 on the 91st day after the | |
22 | 22 | last day of the legislative session. |