85R7903 SRS-D     By: Villalba H.B. No. 1262       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of a school as a polling place.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.031, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), if the building   selected for a polling place under this section is a school, the   entity that owns or controls the building may deny the authority   holding the election use of the building as a polling place if the   entity that owns or controls the building can demonstrate that   using the building as a polling place is reasonably likely to result   in unsecured access to students on the building's campus. This   subsection does not apply if classes are suspended during the time   the building is in use as a polling place. The secretary of state   shall adopt rules for the administration of this subsection.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.