HB1159 - Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.

  89R3909 TSS-D     By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1159       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the designation of polling place locations on the   campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   43.008.     CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners   court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on   the main campus of a general academic teaching institution as   defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the   county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution.           (b)     Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a   polling place location designated under this section during the   same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling   place and on election day.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.