Bill Text: TX HB2079 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a recommendation of polling place locations by a county clerk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Elections [HB2079 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2079-Introduced.html

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87R6419 MLH-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2079

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a recommendation of polling place locations by a county
clerk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.002(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For a general or special election in which the use of
county election precincts is required, the county clerk shall, not
later than the 30th day before the start of early voting, recommend
the location of the polling place for each county election
precinct, except as provided by Subsection (b). The commissioners
court shall designate the recommended location as the polling place
unless the court finds good cause to reject the recommendation. In
that case, the commissioners court shall designate another
location.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.