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      87(R) HB 93 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87R284 ADM-D
         
		By:  Hinojosa
            H.B.  No.  93
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the designation of polling place locations on the 
         
            campuses of certain institutions of higher education.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  43.008.    CAMPUS POLLING PLACE.  (a)  The commissioners 
         
            court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on 
         
            the main campus of a general academic teaching institution as 
         
            defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the 
         
            county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution.
         
                          (b)    Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a 
         
            polling place location designated under this section during the 
         
            same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling 
         
            place and on election day.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the designation of polling place locations on the
	campuses of certain institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners
	court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on
	the main campus of a general academic teaching institution as
	defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the
	county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution.
	(b) Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a
	polling place location designated under this section during the
	same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling
	place and on election day.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.