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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to access to precinct conventions by the elderly and |
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persons with physical disabilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 174.022(d), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) The place selected for a precinct convention must meet |
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the same requirements for access by the elderly and persons with |
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physical disabilities as a polling place under Section 43.034(a) |
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[unless the state executive committee for a political party issues
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an order that the places for precinct conventions for that
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political party are not required to meet the same requirements as a
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polling place under Section 43.034(a). The order must be entered in
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the minutes of the state executive committee not later than the 30th
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day before the date precinct conventions are to be held]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |