88R12880 PRL-D
By: Schofield H.B. No. 4150
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for closing a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.002, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Except as provided by Section 41.032, the presiding
election judge or alternate election judge may not order the polls
to stay open past the official closing time.
SECTION 2. Chapter 273, Election Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter F to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS
Sec. 273.101. PROHIBITED ORDER. Notwithstanding any other
law or rule, a district judge, county court at law judge, or
statutory county court judge may not issue an order that has the
effect of extending the hours that polls are required to remain open
under Section 41.031 at any polling place.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.