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            relating to the office hours of an election authority during an  | 
         
         
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            election period. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 31.122(b), Election Code, is amended to  | 
         
         
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            read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (b)  In this section, "regular business day" [If the  | 
         
         
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            political subdivision is an independent school district, a regular  | 
         
         
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            business day] means a day on which the [school district's] main  | 
         
         
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            business office of the county, city, or other political subdivision | 
         
         
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            is regularly open for business. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 640 was passed by the House on May 14,  | 
         
         
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            2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 3 present, not  | 
         
         
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            voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 640 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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