87S10123 KJE-D
By: Menéndez, et al. S.B. No. 44
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of polling place locations on the
campuses of public 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 PLACES. (a) In this section,
"institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by
Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) The commissioners court of a county shall designate as a
polling place a number of locations on the main campus of an
institution of higher education located in the county as follows:
(1) if at least 5,000 but fewer than 10,000 students
are enrolled at the institution, one location; or
(2) if at least 10,000 students are enrolled at the
institution, two locations and one additional location for every
10,000 students enrolled at the institution over 10,000 students.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.