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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of school district buildings as polling place |
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locations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) If the entity that owns or controls a public building |
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selected for a polling place under this section is a school |
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district, the presiding election judge for the precinct in which |
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the polling place is located shall meet with the principal of the |
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school or head administrator of the facility, as applicable, to |
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develop a security plan for the building. The plan must be signed |
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by the presiding judge and the principal or head administrator, as |
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applicable, and filed electronically with the secretary of state at |
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least 14 days before the first day of voting at that polling place |
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The secretary of state shall prescribe the form required by this |
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subsection and adopt rules for the administration of this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |