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79R2675 JRJ-D

By:  Oliveira                                                     H.B. No. 2090



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to population requirements for certain county election 
precincts.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.006(d), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(d)  In a county in which a voting system has been adopted for 
use in the general election for state and county officers, the 
maximum number of registered voters a precinct may contain is:
		(1)  5,000 [3,000], in a county with a population of 
250,000 or more;
		(2)  5,500 [4,000], in a county with a population of 
175,000 or more but less than 250,000;  and
		(3)  6,000 [5,000], in a county with a population of 
less than 175,000.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.