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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the early voting period for certain elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.001(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance |
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begins on the 17th day before election day and continues through the |
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second [fourth] day before election day, except as otherwise |
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provided by this section. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 85.006(a) and (c), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b), the] |
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authority ordering an election shall [may] order early voting by |
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personal appearance at the main early voting polling place to be |
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conducted on each Saturday and Sunday [one or more Saturdays or
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Sundays] during the early voting period. |
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(c) The authority ordering voting [on a Saturday or Sunday] |
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shall determine the hours during which voting is to be conducted on |
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Saturday and on Sunday. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 85.007(a) and (b), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The election order and the election notice must state: |
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(1) the date that early voting will begin if under |
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Section 85.001(d) the early voting period is to begin later than the |
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prescribed date; |
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(2) the regular dates and hours that voting will be |
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conducted under Section 85.005(b); and |
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(3) the dates and hours that voting on Saturday and on |
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[or] Sunday is ordered to be conducted under Section 85.006(a). |
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(b) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each |
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election stating the dates and hours that voting on [a] Saturday and |
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on [or] Sunday is ordered to be conducted under Section 85.006 |
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[85.006(b)]. |
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SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Election Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 85.001(e); and |
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(2) Sections 85.006(b) and (d). |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |