By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 703
	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2003; March 3, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
April 7, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 7, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 703                                    By:  Staples


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county 
election precinct.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 42.006, Election Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county 
election precinct must contain at least 100 but not more than 5,000 
[2,000] registered voters.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (d), Section 42.006, Election Code, 
is repealed.      
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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