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1 | 1 | 89R3909 TSS-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1159 | |
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7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
9 | 9 | relating to the designation of polling place locations on the | |
10 | 10 | campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions. | |
11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is | |
13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows: | |
14 | 14 | Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners | |
15 | 15 | court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on | |
16 | 16 | the main campus of a general academic teaching institution as | |
17 | 17 | defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the | |
18 | 18 | county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution. | |
19 | 19 | (b) Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a | |
20 | 20 | polling place location designated under this section during the | |
21 | 21 | same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling | |
22 | 22 | place and on election day. | |
23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |