Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 43.008. COUNTY JAIL AS POLLING PLACE. (a) A county jail shall serve as a polling place for any election in that county.
(b) Only a resident of the county who is in custody at the county jail and who is a registered voter is eligible to vote at a polling place established under this section.
(c) A polling place established under this section must allow a voter to vote in the same elections in which the voter would be entitled to vote where the voter resides.