Amend CSSB 1 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike the recital to SECTION 2.01 of the bill, amending Section 43.031(b), Election Code (page 3, lines 46 and 47), and substitute the following:
SECTION 2.01. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(2) In SECTION 2.01 of the bill, in amended Section 43.031(b), Election Code (page 3, line 49), strike "A polling place" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a polling place".
(3) In SECTION 2.01 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 43.031(b), Election Code (page 3, between lines 52 and 53), insert the following:
(b-1) A polling place may be located in a tent or similar temporary movable structure if:
(1) a building selected for a polling place is later determined by the county commissioners court to be not reasonably accessible due to fire, flood, or other natural disaster rendering the building unsafe for public use;
(2) a suitable substitute building is not available; and
(3) the tent or similar temporary movable structure is adjacent to the building described by Subdivision (1).
(b-2) If the county commissioners court makes a determination described by Subsection (b-1)(1):
(1) the determination is valid only for the next scheduled election; and
(2) the court shall send a record of that determination to the secretary of state as soon as practicable.
(4) Strike the recital to SECTION 2.10 of the bill, amending Section 85.061(a), Election Code (page 5, lines 42 and 43), and substitute the following:
SECTION 2.10. Section 85.061, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
(5) In SECTION 2.10 of the bill, in amended Section 85.061(a), Election Code (page 5, line 51), strike "The polling place" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the polling place".
(6) In SECTION 2.10 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 85.061(a), Election Code (page 5, between lines 53 and 54), insert the following:
(a-1) An early voting polling place may be located in a tent or similar temporary movable structure if:
(1) a building selected for an early voting polling place is later determined by the county commissioners court to be not reasonably accessible due to fire, flood, or other natural disaster rendering the building unsafe for public use;
(2) a suitable substitute building is not available; and
(3) the tent or similar temporary movable structure is adjacent to the building described by Subdivision (1).
(a-2) If the county commissioners court makes a determination described by Subsection (a-1)(1):
(1) the determination is valid only for the next scheduled election; and
(2) the court shall send a record of that determination to the secretary of state as soon as practicable.
(7) In the recital to SECTION 2.11 of the bill, amending Section 85.062, Election Code (page 5, line 55), strike "Subsection (f-1)" and substitute "Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (f-1)".
(8) In SECTION 2.11 of the bill, in amended Section 85.062(b), Election Code (page 6, line 61), strike "The polling place" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the [The] polling place".
(9) In SECTION 2.11 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 85.062(b), Election Code (immediately following page 5, line 69), insert the following:
(b-1) A temporary branch polling place may be located in a tent or similar temporary movable structure if:
(1) a building selected for a temporary branch polling place is later determined by the county commissioners court to be not reasonably accessible due to fire, flood, or other natural disaster rendering the building unsafe for public use;
(2) a suitable substitute building is not available; and
(3) the tent or similar temporary movable structure is adjacent to the building described by Subdivision (1).
(b-2) If the county commissioners court makes a determination described by Subsection (b-1)(1):
(1) the determination is valid only for the next scheduled election; and
(2) the court shall send a record of that determination to the secretary of state as soon as practicable.