80R2183 DRH-D
 
  By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 600
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain voting equipment in an election that
does not involve a federal office.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 61.012, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
       (d)  For an election of a political subdivision, other than
an election of a political subdivision that is held jointly with
another election in which a federal office appears on the ballot,
this section does not require the use of a voting station that meets
the requirements for accessibility under 42 U.S.C. Section
15481(a)(3) at a polling place if in the previous general election
held by the subdivision less than 100 votes were cast in:
             (1)  the precinct the polling place serves; or
             (2)  all precincts the polling place serves if the
polling place serves more than one 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.