Bill Text: TX SB578 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to use of countywide polling places for certain elections.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB578 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB578-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 578 | ||
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| relating to use of countywide polling places for certain elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.004, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) If a political subdivision holds an election jointly | ||
| with an election described by Section 43.007(a)(1), (2), (3), or | ||
| (4) and is required to use countywide polling places under Section | ||
| 43.007, the governing body of the political subdivision may | ||
| designate as the polling places for any required runoff election | ||
| only the polling places located in the territory or in and near the | ||
| territory of the political subdivision where eligible voters | ||
| reside. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 43.007, Election Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to | ||
| allow each commissioners court participating in the program to | ||
| eliminate county election precinct polling places and establish | ||
| countywide polling places for: | ||
| (1) each general election for state and county | ||
| officers; | ||
| (2) each election held on the uniform election date in | ||
| May; | ||
| (3) each election on a proposed constitutional | ||
| amendment; [ |
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| (4) each primary election and runoff primary election | ||
| if: | ||
| (A) the county chair or county executive | ||
| committee of each political party participating in a joint primary | ||
| election under Section 172.126 agrees to the use of countywide | ||
| polling places; or | ||
| (B) the county chair or county executive | ||
| committee of each political party required to nominate candidates | ||
| by primary election agrees to use the same countywide polling | ||
| places; and | ||
| (5) each election of a political subdivision located | ||
| in the county that is held jointly with an election described by | ||
| Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) [ |
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| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 578 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; | ||
| May 22, 2013, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
| requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 23, 2013, House | ||
| granted request of the Senate; May 25, 2013, Senate adopted | ||
| Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 29, | ||
| Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 578 passed the House, with | ||
| amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting; May 23, 2013, House granted request | ||
| of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
| May 25, 2013, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
