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      87(R) HB 2584 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87R2862 BRG-D
         
		By:  Crockett
            H.B.  No.  2584
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to temporary branch polling places.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 85.062(e), Election Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                          (e)    In an election covered by Subsection (d), a temporary 
         
            branch polling place that is [located in a] movable [structure] may 
         
            be established only with the approval of the county clerk. If a 
         
            movable temporary branch polling place is established [in a movable 
         
            structure] on the request of a political party, each other 
         
            political party whose nominee for governor in the most recent 
         
            gubernatorial general election received more than 10 percent of the 
         
            total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the 
         
            election is entitled to establishment of such a polling place. The 
         
            election officers serving a polling place covered by this 
         
            subsection must be affiliated or aligned with different political 
         
            parties to the extent possible. The secretary of state, after 
         
            consulting the state chair of each affected political party, shall 
         
            prescribe the procedures necessary to implement this subsection.
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 85.064, Election Code, is amended by 
         
            amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
         
            follows:
         
                          (b)    Early voting by personal appearance at each temporary 
         
            branch polling place established under Section 85.062(d) shall be 
         
            conducted on the days that voting is required to be conducted at the 
         
            main early voting polling place under Section 85.005 and remain 
         
            open for at least:
         
                                      (1)    eight hours each day; or
         
                                      (2)    three hours each day if the city or county clerk 
         
            does not serve as the early voting clerk for the territory holding 
         
            the election and the territory has fewer than 1,000 registered 
         
            voters.
         
                          (c)    Early voting by personal appearance at a temporary 
         
            branch polling place other than a temporary branch polling place 
         
            established under Section 85.062(d) may be conducted on any one or 
         
            more days and during any hours of the period for early voting by 
         
            personal appearance, as determined by the authority establishing 
         
            the branch.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 85.062 Election Code, 85.064 Election Code



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to temporary branch polling places.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 85.062(e), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e) In an election covered by Subsection (d), a temporary
	branch polling place that is [~~located in a~~] movable [~~structure~~] may
	be established only with the approval of the county clerk. If a
	movable temporary branch polling place is established [~~in a movable~~
	~~structure~~] on the request of a political party, each other
	political party whose nominee for governor in the most recent
	gubernatorial general election received more than 10 percent of the
	total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the
	election is entitled to establishment of such a polling place. The
	election officers serving a polling place covered by this
	subsection must be affiliated or aligned with different political
	parties to the extent possible. The secretary of state, after
	consulting the state chair of each affected political party, shall
	prescribe the procedures necessary to implement this subsection.
	SECTION 2. Section 85.064, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(b) Early voting by personal appearance at each temporary
	branch polling place established under Section 85.062(d) shall be
	conducted on the days that voting is required to be conducted at the
	main early voting polling place under Section 85.005 and remain
	open for at least:
	(1) eight hours each day; or
	(2) three hours each day if the city or county clerk
	does not serve as the early voting clerk for the territory holding
	the election and the territory has fewer than 1,000 registered
	voters.
	(c) Early voting by personal appearance at a temporary
	branch polling place other than a temporary branch polling place
	established under Section 85.062(d) may be conducted on any one or
	more days and during any hours of the period for early voting by
	personal appearance, as determined by the authority establishing
	the branch.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.