By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 1272


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for county election precincts.                       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.006, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) 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.
	(f)  In a county with a population of 175,000 or more, a 
county election precinct may not be drawn that requires a 
registered voter to drive more than 25 miles from the location at 
which the voter is registered to vote to the location of the 
precinct polling place.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (d), Section 42.006, Election Code, 
is repealed.      
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.