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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the days and hours early voting is conducted at a |
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temporary branch early voting polling place. |
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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 85.0631 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.0631. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH. |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), early voting by personal |
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appearance at a temporary branch polling place may be conducted on |
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any one or more days and during any hours of the period for early |
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voting by personal appearance, as determined by the authority |
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establishing the branch. |
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(b) In an election in which the authority ordering the |
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election has established at least five temporary branch polling |
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places in the territory served by the early voting clerk, early |
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voting by personal appearance at no less than 80 percent of the |
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temporary branch polling places shall be conducted on the same days |
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and during the same hours as voting is conducted at the main early |
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voting polling place. For purposes of this subsection, a temporary |
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branch polling place does not include a temporary branch polling |
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place established at a church. |
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(c) The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order |
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early voting on a Saturday or Sunday may order such voting at any |
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temporary branch polling place that is not required to conduct |
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voting on the same days and during the same hours as voting is |
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conducted at the main early voting polling place under Subsection |
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(b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each |
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election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or |
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Sunday will be conducted at a temporary branch polling place [under
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Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b)], if the early voting clerk is a |
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county clerk or city secretary under Section 83.002 or 83.005. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 85.064 and 85.065, Election Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |