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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notice provided of early voting polling places. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 4.004(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The notice of a general or special election must state: |
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(1) the nature and date of the election; |
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(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), the location |
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of each polling place[, including each early voting polling place]; |
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(3) the hours that the polls will be open; and |
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(4) any other information required by other law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.004, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.004. PUBLIC NOTICE OF MAIN POLLING PLACE LOCATION. |
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The election order and the election notice must state the location |
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of the main [each] early voting polling place. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |