Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1820 amends the Election Code to provide a mechanism for eliminating county election precincts with no population or a substantially small population. The bill authorizes a commissioners court, after each redistricting of wards of a city with a population of 10,000 or more, to submit recommendations to the governing body of the city on changes to the wards that would allow the county to eliminate such election precincts. After each redistricting of commissioners or justice precincts, a commissioners court is required to consider changes to the commissioners or justice precincts that would allow the county to eliminate election precincts with no population or a substantially small population. After each redistricting of congressional, legislative, or State Board of Education districts, a commissioners court is authorized to submit recommendations to the secretary of state on changes to the districts that would allow the county to eliminate county election precincts with no population or a substantially small population. The bill requires the secretary of state to file a report containing the recommendations with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives by a certain date.