By Hochberg                                           H.B. No. 1252
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to notice of a change in the location of a polling place
 1-3     for certain elections.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 43.007 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 43.007.  NOTICE OF CHANGE OF LOCATION IN CERTAIN
 1-8     COUNTIES.  (a)  This section applies only to a general or special
 1-9     election in a county with a population of more than 2.5 million
1-10     that is ordered by the governor or the county judge.
1-11           (b)  If the location of a polling place changes after notice
1-12     of an election is given under Section 4.003, the county clerk shall
1-13     give notice of the change not later than the earlier of:
1-14                 (1)  24 hours after the location is changed; or
1-15                 (2)  24 hours before the polls open on election day.
1-16           (c)  Notice required by Subsection (b) must be given by:
1-17                 (1)  notifying each candidate whose name appears on the
1-18     ballot in the election; or
1-19                 (2)  posting the notice in a listing used specifically
1-20     to inform the public of changes to the location of a polling place
1-21     on any Internet website that the county clerk maintains to provide
1-22     information on elections held in the county.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.