Bill Text: TX SB143 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 143

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB143 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB143-Introduced.html

	88R1508 SGM-D

	By: Springer	S.B. No. 143



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 43.031(e), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e) A polling place may not be located:
	(1) on a public primary or secondary school campus; or
	(2) at the residence of a person who is:
	(A) [~~(1)~~] a candidate for an elective office,
	including an office of a political party; or
	(B) [~~(2)~~] related within the third degree by
	consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under
	Chapter 573, Government Code, to a candidate described by Paragraph
	(A) [~~Subdivision (1)~~].
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.