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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the location of certain mobile voting stations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 85.073 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.073. MOBILE VOTING STATIONS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES IN |
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CERTAIN ELECTIONS. (a) This section applies to early voting in an |
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election that includes a bond proposition in a city or school |
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district located in a county with a population of more than one |
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million. |
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(b) If a mobile voting station is used, the mobile voting |
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station: |
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(1) may not change locations during a single day |
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within the early voting period; and |
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(2) shall move around the territory covered by the |
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election in a manner to allow all of the voters in the territory the |
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same access to the mobile voting station during the early voting |
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period. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |