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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public notice of the time for voting at an early voting |
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polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.067(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The schedule shall be posted continuously for a period |
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beginning not later than the fifth day before the first day of the |
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period for early voting by personal appearance and ending on the |
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last day of that period. The schedule may be amended after the |
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beginning of early voting by personal appearance to include notice |
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of additional temporary branch polling place locations, dates, and |
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hours[, but any amendment must be made not later than the fifth day
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before the date the voting is scheduled to begin at the additional
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temporary branch]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |