By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 1272
	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
April 13, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 13, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1272                                   By:  Jackson


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is repealed.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, 2005.                           



* * * * *