89R1562 TSS-D
By: Olcott H.B. No. 2579
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.031(e), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) A polling place may not be located:
(1) on a public primary or secondary school campus; or
(2) at the residence of a person who is:
(A) [(1)] a candidate for an elective office,
including an office of a political party; or
(B) [(2)] related within the third degree by
consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under
Chapter 573, Government Code, to a candidate described by Paragraph
(A) [Subdivision (1)].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.