Bill Text: TX HB1888 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1888-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1888 |
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relating to temporary branch polling place hours of operation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 42.0621, Election Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.0621. PRECINCTS FOR ELECTIONS HELD ON NOVEMBER [ |
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UNIFORM ELECTION DATE. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.0621(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In an election held on the November [ |
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date, the political subdivisions to which Section 42.002(a)(5) | ||
applies shall use the regular county election precincts. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 85.062(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) In an election covered by Subsection (d), a temporary | ||
branch polling place that is located in a movable structure may be | ||
established only with the approval of the county clerk. If a | ||
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movable structure on the request of a political party, each other | ||
political party whose nominee for governor in the most recent | ||
gubernatorial general election received more than 10 percent of the | ||
total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the | ||
election is entitled to establishment of such a polling place. The | ||
election officers serving a polling place covered by this | ||
subsection must be affiliated or aligned with different political | ||
parties to the extent possible. The secretary of state, after | ||
consulting the state chair of each affected political party, shall | ||
prescribe the procedures necessary to implement this subsection. | ||
SECTION 4. The heading to Section 85.064, Election Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 85.064. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH | ||
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SECTION 5. Section 85.064(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Early voting by personal appearance at each temporary | ||
branch polling place [ |
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conducted on the days that voting is required to be conducted at the | ||
main early voting polling place under Section 85.005 and remain | ||
open for at least: | ||
(1) eight hours each day; or | ||
(2) three hours each day if the city or county clerk | ||
does not serve as the early voting clerk for the territory holding | ||
the election and the territory has fewer than 1,000 registered | ||
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SECTION 6. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each | ||
election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or | ||
Sunday will be conducted under Section 85.064(d) [ |
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the early voting clerk is a county clerk or city secretary under | ||
Section 83.002 or 83.005. | ||
SECTION 7. The following provisions of the Election Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 42.002(c); | ||
(2) Sections 85.064(a) and (c); and | ||
(3) Section 85.065. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1888 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 53, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1888 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |