Bill Text: TX SB808 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of public schools as polling place locations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB808-Introduced.html
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By: Paxton | S.B. No. 808 |
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relating to the use of public schools as polling place locations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The building selected for a polling place shall be a | ||
public building if practicable. Except as provided by Subsection | ||
(f), the [ |
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make the building available for use as a polling place in any | ||
election that covers territory in which the building is located. If | ||
more than one authority requests the use of the building for the | ||
same day and simultaneous use is impracticable, the entity that | ||
owns or controls the building shall determine which authority may | ||
use the building. | ||
(f) If the public building selected for a polling place | ||
under this section is located on a school campus and the board of | ||
trustees of the school district determines that the use of that | ||
building during school hours would conflict with an applicable | ||
campus security policy, the board is not required to make the | ||
building available for use as a polling place. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |