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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of countywide polling places for certain elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.007(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to |
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allow each commissioners court participating in the program to |
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eliminate county election precinct polling places and establish |
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countywide polling places for: |
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(1) each general election for state and county |
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officers; |
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(2) each election held on the uniform election date in |
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May; |
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(3) each election on a proposed constitutional |
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amendment; [and] |
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(4) each primary election; and |
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(5) each election of a political subdivision located |
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in the county that is held jointly with an election described by |
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Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) [(3)]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |