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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to using county election precincts in every county for any |
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election held on the November uniform election date. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.002(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The county election precincts are the election |
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precincts for the following elections: |
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(1) the general election for state and county |
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officers; |
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(2) a special election ordered by the governor; |
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(3) a primary election; |
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(4) a countywide election ordered by the commissioners |
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court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election |
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subject to Section 42.062(2); and |
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(5) any other election of a political subdivision [not
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located in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million or a
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county adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3
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million] held on the November uniform election date, as provided by |
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Section 42.0621. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.0621(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In an election held on the November uniform election |
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date, the participating political subdivisions [not located in a
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county with a population of more than 3.3 million or a county
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adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million] |
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shall use the regular county election precincts. |
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SECTION 3. Section 43.004(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) If a political subdivision [not located in a county with
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a population of more than 3.3 million or a county adjacent to a
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county with a population of more than 3.3 million] holds an election |
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on the November uniform election date, the political subdivision |
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shall designate as the polling places for the election the regular |
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county polling places in the county election precincts that contain |
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territory from the political subdivision. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |