Bill Text: TX SB841 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB841 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB841-Introduced.html
  86R4066 JRJ-D
 
  By: West, Miles S.B. No. 841
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of polling place locations on the
  campuses of certain institutions of higher education.
         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 PLACE. The commissioners court
  of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on the
  main campus of an institution of higher education as defined by
  Section 61.003, Education Code, located within the county if at
  least 10,000 students are enrolled in the institution.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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