Bill Text: TX HB3078 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting polling places.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3078 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3078-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 3078 | |
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| relating to the location of certain temporary branch early voting | ||
| polling places. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 85.062, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) In a county with a population of 400,000 or more, the | ||
| location of a movable polling place established under this section | ||
| shall be fixed at one place when the polling place opens for the day | ||
| and may be relocated only after a full day of early voting has | ||
| concluded. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2013. | ||
