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Amend HB 1888 (senate committee printing) on third reading as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 3 of the bill, amending Section 85.062(e), Election Code (page 1, lines 31 and 32), and substitute the following:
SECTION 3. Section 85.062, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately before amended Section 85.062(e), Election Code (page 1, between lines 32 and 33), insert the following:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), in [In] any election, the location of a polling place established under this section shall be fixed at one place for the duration of the period that voting is required to be conducted at the polling place.
(c-1) The early voting clerk may establish temporary branch polling places that may be changed not more than once each day during the early voting period, if the polling places:
(1) are established only for the primary election and the general election for state and county officers;
(2) are adopted by the commissioners court not later than January 15 of the election year; and
(3) are located to ensure access to early voting:
(A) for residents of places that are geographically situated outside the city in which the main early voting polling place is located;
(B) for residents of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities, or retirement centers or similar residences; or
(C) for students enrolled in institutions of higher education.