Bill Text: TX HB2149 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to temporary branch polling places.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2149 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2149-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Clardy, Guillen H.B. No. 2149
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to temporary branch polling places.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 85.064, Election Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 85.064.  DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN
  POPULOUS COUNTY.
         SECTION 2.  Section 85.064, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a) to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to an election in which the
  territory served by the early voting clerk is situated in a county
  with a population of 100,000 or more. In an election in which the
  territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one county,
  this section applies if the sum of the populations of the counties
  is 100,000 or more.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 85.065 to read as follows:
         Sec. 85.065.  DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN
  LESS POPULOUS COUNTY. (a) This section applies only to an election
  in which the territory served by the early voting clerk is situated
  in a county with a population under 100,000. In an election in which
  the territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one
  county, this section applies if the sum of the populations of the
  counties is under 100,000.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), voting at a
  temporary branch polling place may be conducted on any days and
  during any hours of the period for early voting by personal
  appearance, as determined by the authority establishing the branch.
  The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order early voting
  on a Saturday or Sunday may also order, in the manner prescribed by
  that section, early voting to be conducted on a Saturday or Sunday
  at any one or more of the temporary branch polling places.
         (c)  Voting at a temporary branch polling place must be
  conducted on at least two consecutive business days and for at least
  eight consecutive hours on each of those days. 
         (d)  The schedules for conducting voting are not required to
  be uniform among the temporary branch polling places.
         SECTION 4.  Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The early voting clerk shall post notice for each
  election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or
  Sunday will be conducted under Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b), if
  the early voting clerk is a county clerk or city secretary under
  Section 83.002 or 83.005.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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