Bill Amendment: TX SB1 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Status: 2021-09-07 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 2021 [SB1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1-House_Amendment_H_2_25-Dutton.html
Bill Title: Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Status: 2021-09-07 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 2021 [SB1 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1-House_Amendment_H_2_25-Dutton.html
Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.008. COUNTY JAIL AS POLLING PLACE. (a) A county jail shall serve as a polling place for any election in that county.
(b) Only a resident of the county who is in custody at the county jail and who is a registered voter is eligible to vote at a polling place established under this section.
(c) A polling place established under this section must allow a voter to vote in the same elections in which the voter would be entitled to vote where the voter resides.
