Bill Text: TX SB408 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to State Affairs [SB408 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB408-Introduced.html
| 87R4840 SGM-D | ||
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 408 | |
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| relating to the designation of polling place locations on the | ||
| campuses of certain institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners | ||
| court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on | ||
| the main campus of an institution of higher education as defined by | ||
| Section 61.003, Education Code, located within the county if at | ||
| least 5,000 students are enrolled in the institution. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county shall designate two | ||
| polling places on the main campus of an institution of higher | ||
| education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, if at least | ||
| 10,000 students are enrolled in the institution, and shall | ||
| designate one additional polling place for every additional 10,000 | ||
| students enrolled in the institution. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
