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        relating to the countywide polling place program. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
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        adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (o)  Each countywide polling place must post a notice of the  | 
      
      
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        four nearest countywide polling place locations by driving  | 
      
      
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        distance. | 
      
      
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               (p)  If a court orders any countywide polling place to remain  | 
      
      
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        open after 7 p.m., all countywide polling places located in that  | 
      
      
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        county shall remain open for the length of time required in the  | 
      
      
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        court order. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 3965 was passed by the House on May 3,  | 
      
      
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        2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.  | 
      
      
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        No. 3965 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,  | 
      
      
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        1 present, not voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 3965 was passed by the Senate, with  | 
      
      
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        amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays  | 
      
      
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        0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate    | 
      
      
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        APPROVED: __________________ | 
      
      
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                      Governor        |