79R7058 DRH-D

By:  Vo                                                           H.B. No. 2632



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the notice provided on changing a polling location in an 
election.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.061(b), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(b)  If the location of a polling place changes after notice 
of an election is given under Section 4.003, the county clerk shall 
give notice of the change not later than the earlier of:
		(1)  24 hours after the location is changed; or                               
		(2)  72 [24] hours before the polls open on election 
day.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.