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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of public schools as polling place locations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) If the entity that owns or controls a public building |
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selected for a polling place under this section is a school district |
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and fails to make the building available in accordance with |
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Subsection (c), the district may not designate the building as a |
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polling place for an election for the board of trustees or for a |
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school district bond election until after the fifth anniversary of |
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the date of the election in which the district failed to comply with |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |