By Danburg H.B. No. 2243 74R6371 GGS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to election precincts and polling places. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. The provisions relating to election precincts and 1-5 polling places are changed to increase public participation in and 1-6 improve the functioning of the electoral and political processes, 1-7 including minimizing confusion among voters and election officers 1-8 as to the proper place for voters to vote. 1-9 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.