Bill Text: TX HB2720 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the location of a polling place.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2720-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Shine, et al. | H.B. No. 2720 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2720: | |||
| By: Laubenberg | C.S.H.B. No. 2720 | ||
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| relating to the location of a polling place. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) In a county with a population of less than 3.3 million, a | ||
| location may not serve as a polling place if a candidate for an | ||
| elective office, including an office of a political party, or a | ||
| person related to the candidate within the third degree by | ||
| consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under | ||
| Chapter 573, Government Code, owns the location, or is an owner or | ||
| principal of a business operating at the location. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
