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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of a public school or institution of higher |
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education as a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 43.031(a) and (e), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this subchapter:[,] |
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(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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(2) "Public [public] building" means a building owned |
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or controlled by the state or a political subdivision. |
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(e) A polling place may not be located: |
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(1) on a campus of a public primary or secondary school |
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or institution of higher education, unless the campus is closed for |
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operation during the period for voting; or |
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(2) at the residence of a person who is: |
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(A) [(1)] a candidate for an elective office, |
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including an office of a political party; or |
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(B) [(2)] related within the third degree by |
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consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under |
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Chapter 573, Government Code, to a candidate described by Paragraph |
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(A) [Subdivision (1)]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |