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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of a building owned or controlled by a public |
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school as a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 43.031(c) and (e), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The building selected for a polling place shall be a |
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public building if practicable. Except as provided by Subsection |
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(e), the [The] entity that owns or controls a public building shall |
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make the building available for use as a polling place in any |
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election that covers territory in which the building is located. If |
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more than one authority requests the use of the building for the |
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same day and simultaneous use is impracticable, the entity that |
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owns or controls the building shall determine which authority may |
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use the building. |
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(e) A polling place may not be located: |
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(1) at a building owned or controlled by a school |
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district or an open-enrollment charter school unless: |
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(A) the building is not located on or adjacent to |
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a school campus; or |
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(B) the building is located in a county with a |
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population of 50,000 or less and the election authority cannot |
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identify a reasonable alternative polling place; or |
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(2) at the residence of a person who is: |
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(A) [(1)] a candidate for an elective office, |
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including an office of a political party; or |
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(B) [(2)] related within the third degree by |
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consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under |
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Chapter 573, Government Code, to a candidate described by Paragraph |
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(A) [Subdivision (1)]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |