Bill Text: TX HB3965 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the countywide polling place program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3965 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3965-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3965 |
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relating to the countywide polling place program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows: | ||
(o) Each countywide polling place must post a notice of the | ||
four nearest countywide polling place locations by driving | ||
distance. | ||
(p) If a court orders any countywide polling place to remain | ||
open after 7 p.m., all countywide polling places located in that | ||
county shall remain open for the length of time required in the | ||
court order. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3965 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3965 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3965 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |