Bill Text: TX HB4150 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for closing a polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4150-Introduced.html
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| By: Schofield | H.B. No. 4150 | |
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| relating to the procedure for closing a polling place. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 61.002, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Except as provided by Section 41.032, the presiding | ||
| election judge or alternate election judge may not order the polls | ||
| to stay open past the official closing time. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 273, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER F. OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS | ||
| Sec. 273.101. PROHIBITED ORDER. Notwithstanding any other | ||
| law or rule, a district judge, county court at law judge, or | ||
| statutory county court judge may not issue an order that has the | ||
| effect of extending the hours that polls are required to remain open | ||
| under Section 41.031 at any polling place. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
