Bill Text: TX SB924 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the combination of certain election precincts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB924 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB924-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 924 |
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relating to the combination of certain election precincts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.006(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as [ |
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Section 42.0051, a county election precinct must contain at least | ||
100 but not more than 5,000 registered voters. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.0051, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population | ||
of less than 1.2 million that does not participate in the countywide | ||
polling place program described by Section 43.007. | ||
(a-1) In a general or special election for which use of | ||
county election precincts is required, the commissioner's court [ |
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election board, combine county election precincts notwithstanding | ||
Section 42.005 if: | ||
(1) the commissioners court cannot secure a suitable | ||
polling place location under Section 43.031; and | ||
(2) the location of the combined polling place | ||
adequately serves the voters of the combined precinct [ |
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(c) A combined precinct under this section may not contain | ||
more than 10,000 registered voters [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.0051(b), Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 924 passed the Senate on | ||
April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 12; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2023, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 924 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 87, | ||
Nays 55, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |