Bill Text: TX HB185 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the notice provided of early voting polling places.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-11 - Considered in Calendars [HB185 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB185-Comm_Sub.html

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82R1528 DRH-D
By: Smith of Tarrant H.B. No. 185

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice provided of early voting polling places.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4.004(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The notice of a general or special election must state:
(1) the nature and date of the election;
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), the location
of each polling place[, including each early voting polling place];
(3) the hours that the polls will be open; and
(4) any other information required by other law.
SECTION 2. Section 85.004, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 85.004. PUBLIC NOTICE OF MAIN POLLING PLACE LOCATION.
The election order and the election notice must state the location
of the main [each] early voting polling place.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.