Bill Text: TX HB2276 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to public notice of the time for voting at an early voting polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Elections [HB2276 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2276-Introduced.html

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86R10500 SRS-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2276

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public notice of the time for voting at an early voting
polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.067(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The schedule shall be posted continuously for a period
beginning not later than the fifth day before the first day of the
period for early voting by personal appearance and ending on the
last day of that period. The schedule may be amended after the
beginning of early voting by personal appearance to include notice
of additional temporary branch polling place locations, dates, and
hours[, but any amendment must be made not later than the fifth day
before the date the voting is scheduled to begin at the additional
temporary branch].
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, 2019.