85R2636 GRM-D     By: Fallon H.B. No. 675       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the days and hours early voting is conducted at a   temporary branch early voting polling place.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 85.0631 to read as follows:          Sec. 85.0631.  DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH.   (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), early voting by personal   appearance at a temporary branch polling place may be conducted on   any one or more days and during any hours of the period for early   voting by personal appearance, as determined by the authority   establishing the branch.          (b)  In an election in which the authority ordering the   election has established at least five temporary branch polling   places in the territory served by the early voting clerk, early   voting by personal appearance at no less than 80 percent of the   temporary branch polling places shall be conducted on the same days   and during the same hours as voting is conducted at the main early   voting polling place.  For purposes of this subsection, a temporary   branch polling place does not include a temporary branch polling   place established at a church.          (c)  The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order   early voting on a Saturday or Sunday may order such voting at any   temporary branch polling place that is not required to conduct   voting on the same days and during the same hours as voting is   conducted at the main early voting polling place under Subsection   (b).          SECTION 2.  Section 85.068(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The early voting clerk shall post notice for each   election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or   Sunday will be conducted at a temporary branch polling place [under   Section 85.064(d) or 85.065(b)], if the early voting clerk is a   county clerk or city secretary under Section 83.002 or 83.005.          SECTION 3.  Sections 85.064 and 85.065, Election Code, are   repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.