Bill Text: TX SB72 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-10 - Filed [SB72 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB72-Introduced.html
| 87S20106 KJE-D | ||
| By: West, et al. | S.B. No. 72 | |
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| relating to the designation of polling place locations on the | ||
| campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACES. (a) If a general | ||
| academic teaching institution as defined by Section 51.821, | ||
| Education Code, with a total student enrollment of at least 8,000 | ||
| students is located in a county, the commissioners court of the | ||
| county shall designate as a polling place a location on: | ||
| (1) the main campus of the institution; and | ||
| (2) each branch campus of the institution at which at | ||
| least 8,000 students are enrolled. | ||
| (b) Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a | ||
| polling place location designated under this section during the | ||
| same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling | ||
| place and on election day. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
