Bill Text: TX SB2017 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the countywide polling place program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2017 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2017-Introduced.html

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86R12971 GRM-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the countywide polling place program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows:
(o) Each countywide polling place must post a notice of the
four nearest countywide polling place locations by driving
distance.
(p) If a court orders any countywide polling place to remain
open after 7 p.m., all countywide polling places shall remain open
for the length of time required in the court order.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.