Bill Text: TX HB478 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB478-Comm_Sub.html
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By: González of Dallas, Swanson, Beckley, | H.B. No. 478 | ||
Clardy, Bucy | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 478: | |||
By: González of Dallas | C.S.H.B. No. 478 |
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relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 64.009, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) An election officer shall designate a parking space at | ||
each polling place for voting under this section. The parking space | ||
may not be one designated specifically for persons with | ||
disabilities. The parking space must be clearly marked with a sign: | ||
(1) indicating that the space is reserved for use by a | ||
voter who is unable to enter the polling place; and | ||
(2) displaying, in large font that is clearly readable | ||
from a vehicle, a telephone number that a voter may call or text to | ||
request assistance from an election officer at the polling place. | ||
(f) As an alternative to displaying a telephone number under | ||
Subsection (e)(2), a parking space may comply with the requirements | ||
of this section by providing the voter with a button or intercom | ||
that the voter may use to request assistance from an election | ||
officer. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 104.004(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) If the voter is physically unable to enter the early | ||
voting polling place without personal assistance or a likelihood of | ||
injuring the voter's health, the clerk shall deliver the balloting | ||
materials to the voter at the polling place entrance or curb | ||
following the procedures prescribed by Section 64.009. | ||
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, 2021. |