Bill Text: TX SB143 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB143 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB143-Introduced.html

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88R1508 SGM-D
By: Springer S.B. No. 143

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a public school as a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.031(e), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) A polling place may not be located:
(1) on a public primary or secondary school campus; or
(2) at the residence of a person who is:
(A) [(1)] a candidate for an elective office,
including an office of a political party; or
(B) [(2)] related within the third degree by
consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under
Chapter 573, Government Code, to a candidate described by Paragraph
(A) [Subdivision (1)].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.