Bill Text: TX HB3450 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to county election precincts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Elections [HB3450 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3450-Introduced.html

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88R13326 MLH-F
By: Noble H.B. No. 3450

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county election precincts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 42.006(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county
election precinct must contain at least 500 [100] but not more than
10,000 [5,000] registered voters.
(b) For an election precinct in a county with a population
under 100,000, the maximum number of registered voters the precinct
may contain is 5,000, and the minimum number of registered voters
the precinct may contain is 50, except as provided by Subsection
(c).
SECTION 2. Section 42.031, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 42.031. REVIEWING PRECINCTS FOR COMPLIANCE: BOUNDARY
CHANGES. (a) Not later than September 15 [During March or April]
of each odd-numbered year, each commissioners court shall:
(1) determine whether the county election precincts
comply with the requirements of this chapter; and
(2) [Sections 42.005, 42.006, and 42.007. The
commissioners court may make that determination during March or
April of an even-numbered year. Before May 1 of the year in which
the determination is made, the commissioners court shall] order the
boundary changes necessary for compliance.
(b) The commissioners court may order a boundary change at
any time if [only during March or April unless] the change is
necessary to:
(1) comply with Section 42.005 or 42.032;
(2) reduce the number of registered voters in a
precinct so it does not exceed the maximum number permitted by
Section 42.006; or
(3) include within a precinct a suitable building
available for use as a polling place if no suitable building is
available for that purpose within the existing precinct boundary.
SECTION 3. Section 42.007, Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.