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By: Riddle (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) |
H.B. No. 2847 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2009; |
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May 19, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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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 for any election held |
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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) as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election |
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held on the November uniform election date of[:
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[(A) a school district located in any county; and
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[(B)] a political subdivision, other than a |
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[school] district that is created under Section 52, Article III, or |
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Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and is [, not] located |
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in a 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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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 political subdivisions to which [described by] Section |
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42.002(a)(5) applies shall use the regular county election |
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precincts. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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