Amend SB 985 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 42.0051, Election Code, as follows:
(1) In Subsection (a) (page 1, line 28), strike "500" and substitute "3,000".
(2) Strike Subsection (b) (page 1, lines 16 through 39) and reletter subsequent subsections and any cross-references to those subsections accordingly.
(3) In Subsection (c) (page 1, line 40), strike "or (b)".
(4) In Subsection (d) (page 1, line 43), between "In" and "a", insert "a primary election, the county executive committee of a political party conducting the primary election, or for".
(5) In Subsection (d) (page 1, line 45), strike "with a population of less than 1.2 million".
(6) Immediately following amended Subsection (f) (page 2, between lines 5 and 6), add the following appropriately lettered subsection:
( ) For the purposes of appointing a presiding election judge and an alternate presiding judge to a county election precinct combined under this section, the combined precinct shall be considered a single precinct and the judges shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures provided under Chapter 32.