S.B. 703 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


S.B. 703
By: Jackson
Elections
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, election precincts may contain no more than 2,000
registered voters.  The great number of election precincts in each county
creates a fiscal burden for those conducting elections and an
administrative burden for election administrators.  Senate Bill 703
uniformly provides for a maximum of 5,000 registered voters per county
election precinct. 


RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 


ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 703 amends the Election Code by providing that a county
election precinct must contain at least 100 but not more than 5,000,
rather than 2,000, registered voters.  The bill repeals provisions
relating to the maximum number of registered voters in a precinct for
counties of varying sizes. 


EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2003.