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  88R2331 SGM-D
 
  By: Schofield, et al. H.B. No. 453
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of public schools as polling place locations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  If the entity that owns or controls a public building
  selected for a polling place under this section is a school district
  and fails to make the building available in accordance with
  Subsection (c), the district may not designate the building as a
  polling place for an election for the board of trustees or for a
  school district bond election until after the fifth anniversary of
  the date of the election in which the district failed to comply with
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.