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AN ACT
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relating to the posting of certain notices in a primary election. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 172.1111(a) and (c), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Before the opening of the polls during the early voting |
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period and on election day, the presiding judge shall post at each |
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outside door through which a voter may enter the building in which |
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the polling place is located a written notice in bold print of the |
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date, hour, and place for each precinct, county, senatorial, or |
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state convention that a voter in the precinct may be eligible to |
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attend during the election year. |
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(c) The notice must remain posted continuously through the |
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early voting period and on election day. |
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SECTION 2. Section 172.1112(a), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The county clerk shall post a notice of the election and |
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a notice of consolidated precincts, if applicable, in the manner |
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prescribed by Section 4.003(b) for general and special elections. |
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The notice of the election shall be posted on the county clerk's |
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[party's] Internet website, if the county clerk [party] maintains a |
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website. If the county clerk [party] does not maintain a website, |
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the notice shall be posted on the bulletin board used for posting |
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notice of meetings of the commissioners court. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3252 was passed by the House on April |
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17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3252 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |