78R5514 JRJ-D
By: Madden, et al. H.B. No. 1173
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a building on a federal military base or
facility as a polling place in an election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.031(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) If a suitable public building is unavailable, the
polling place may be located in some other building, including a
building on a federal military base or facility with the permission
of the post or base commander, and any charge for its use is an
election expense. A polling place may not be located in a building
under this subsection unless electioneering is permitted on the
building's premises outside the prescribed limits within which
electioneering is prohibited, except that a polling place may be
located in a building at which electioneering is not permitted if it
is the only building available for use as a polling place in the
election precinct.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.