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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the timing of changes to county election precincts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.031(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) During March or April of each even-numbered |
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[odd-numbered] year, each commissioners court shall determine |
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whether the county election precincts comply with Sections 42.005, |
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42.006, and 42.007. [The commissioners court may make that |
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determination during March or April of an even-numbered year.] |
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Before May 1 of the year in which the determination is made, the |
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commissioners court shall order the boundary changes necessary for |
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compliance. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.033(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A change in a county election precinct boundary takes |
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effect on the first day of the first odd-numbered [even-numbered |
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voting] year following the [voting] year in which the change is |
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ordered. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |