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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of polling place locations on the |
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campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACES. (a) If a general |
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academic teaching institution as defined by Section 51.821, |
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Education Code, with a total student enrollment of at least 8,000 |
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students is located in a county, the commissioners court of the |
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county shall designate as a polling place a location on: |
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(1) the main campus of the institution; and |
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(2) each branch campus of the institution at which at |
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least 8,000 students are enrolled. |
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(b) Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a |
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polling place location designated under this section during the |
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same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling |
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place and on election day. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |