Bill Text: TX HB2149 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to temporary branch polling places.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2149-Engrossed.html
| By: Clardy, Guillen | H.B. No. 2149 | |
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| relating to temporary branch polling places. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 85.064, Election Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 85.064. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN | ||
| POPULOUS COUNTY. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 85.064, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This section applies only to an election in which the | ||
| territory served by the early voting clerk is situated in a county | ||
| with a population of 100,000 or more. In an election in which the | ||
| territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one county, | ||
| this section applies if the sum of the populations of the counties | ||
| is 100,000 or more. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 85.065 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 85.065. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN | ||
| LESS POPULOUS COUNTY. (a) This section applies only to an election | ||
| in which the territory served by the early voting clerk is situated | ||
| in a county with a population under 100,000. In an election in which | ||
| the territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one | ||
| county, this section applies if the sum of the populations of the | ||
| counties is under 100,000. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), voting at a | ||
| temporary branch polling place may be conducted on any days and | ||
| during any hours of the period for early voting by personal | ||
| appearance, as determined by the authority establishing the branch. | ||
| The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order early voting | ||
| on a Saturday or Sunday may also order, in the manner prescribed by | ||
| that section, early voting to be conducted on a Saturday or Sunday | ||
| at any one or more of the temporary branch polling places. | ||
| (c) Voting at a temporary branch polling place must be | ||
| conducted on at least two consecutive business days and for at least | ||
| eight consecutive hours on each of those days. | ||
| (d) The schedules for conducting voting are not required to | ||
| be uniform among the temporary branch polling places. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each | ||
| election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or | ||
| Sunday will be conducted under Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b), if | ||
| the early voting clerk is a county clerk or city secretary under | ||
| Section 83.002 or 83.005. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
