88R2331 SGM-D
By: Schofield, et al. H.B. No. 453
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of public schools as polling place locations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) If the entity that owns or controls a public building
selected for a polling place under this section is a school district
and fails to make the building available in accordance with
Subsection (c), the district may not designate the building as a
polling place for an election for the board of trustees or for a
school district bond election until after the fifth anniversary of
the date of the election in which the district failed to comply with
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.