| 1 | 1 | | 88R12880 PRL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schofield H.B. No. 4150 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the procedure for closing a polling place. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.002, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (e) Except as provided by Section 41.032, the presiding |
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| 12 | 12 | | election judge or alternate election judge may not order the polls |
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| 13 | 13 | | to stay open past the official closing time. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 273, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subchapter F to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER F. OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 273.101. PROHIBITED ORDER. Notwithstanding any other |
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| 18 | 18 | | law or rule, a district judge, county court at law judge, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | statutory county court judge may not issue an order that has the |
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| 20 | 20 | | effect of extending the hours that polls are required to remain open |
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| 21 | 21 | | under Section 41.031 at any polling place. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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