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