89R4651 PRL-D     By: Isaac H.B. No. 3144       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of a public school or institution of higher   education as a polling place.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 43.031(a) and (e), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  In this subchapter:[,]                (1)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning   assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.                (2)  "Public [public] building" means a building owned   or controlled by the state or a political subdivision.          (e)  A polling place may not be located:                (1)  on a campus of a public primary or secondary school   or institution of higher education, unless the campus is closed for   operation during the period for voting; 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, 2025.