H.B. No. 2847

AN ACT

relating to using county election precincts for any election held on the November uniform election date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.002(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The county election precincts are the election precincts for the following elections:

(1) the general election for state and county officers;

(2) a special election ordered by the governor;

(3) a primary election;

(4) a countywide election ordered by the commissioners court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election subject to Section 42.062(2); and

(5) as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election held on the November uniform election date of[:

[(A) a school district located in any county; and

[(B)] a political subdivision, other than a [school] district that is created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and is [, not] located in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million or a county adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.

SECTION 2. Section 42.0621(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) In an election held on the November uniform election date, the political subdivisions to which [described by] Section 42.002(a)(5) applies shall use the regular county election precincts.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2847 was passed by the House on May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2847 was passed by the Senate on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor