By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 427
	(In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2005; February 15, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
March 15, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 15, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 427                                    By:  Williams


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to providing notification to a county voter registrar of 
the change in boundaries of a political subdivision located in the 
county.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Election Code, is 
amended by adding Section 42.0615 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.0615.  NOTICE TO REGISTRAR OF BOUNDARY CHANGE OF 
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  A political subdivision that changes its 
boundaries or the boundaries of districts used to elect members to 
the governing body of the political subdivision shall not later 
than the 10th day after the date the change is adopted:
		(1)  notify the voter registrar of the county in which 
the area subject to the boundary change is located of the adopted 
boundary change; and
		(2)  provide the voter registrar with a map of an 
adopted boundary change in a format that is compatible with the 
mapping format used by the registrar's office.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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