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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to combining incorporated and unincorporated territory |
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into a county election precinct. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.007, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.007. COMBINING INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED |
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TERRITORY. A commissioners court may not establish a county |
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election precinct containing territory inside a city with a |
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population of 10,000 or more and unincorporated territory outside |
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that city unless: |
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(1) the commissioners court determines that either of |
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the two areas: |
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(A) [(1)] cannot constitute a separate election |
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precinct of suitable size or shape that contains the permissible |
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number of voters; or |
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(B) [(2)] cannot be combined with other |
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territory on the same side of the city boundary to form an election |
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precinct of a suitable size or shape that contains the permissible |
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number of voters without causing another election precinct to fail |
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to meet those requirements; or |
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(2) the two areas are located in a county |
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participating in the countywide polling place program under Section |
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43.007. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |