Bill Text: TX HB4392 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to election precinct boundaries and the establishment of polling places.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4392 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4392-Introduced.html
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By: Paul | H.B. No. 4392 |
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relating to election precinct boundaries and the establishment of | ||
polling places. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.0051(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) County election precincts in a county with a population | ||
of 250,000 or more may also be combined under Subsection (a) if the | ||
changes result in county election precincts with 500 or more but | ||
fewer than 5,000 [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (q) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to | ||
allow each commissioners court participating in the program to | ||
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countywide polling places at each county election precinct for: | ||
(1) any election required to be conducted by the | ||
county; | ||
(2) any election held as part of a joint election | ||
agreement with a county under Chapter 271; | ||
(3) any election held under contract for election | ||
services with a county under Subchapter D, Chapter 31; | ||
(4) each primary election and runoff primary election | ||
if: | ||
(A) the county chair or county executive | ||
committee of each political party participating in a joint primary | ||
election under Section 172.126 agrees to the use of countywide | ||
polling places; or | ||
(B) the county chair or county executive | ||
committee of each political party required to nominate candidates | ||
by primary election agrees to use the same countywide polling | ||
places; and | ||
(5) each election of a political subdivision located | ||
in the county that is held jointly with an election described by | ||
Subdivision (3) or (4). | ||
(q) Each countywide polling place must be provided with a | ||
poll list for the entire county. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 43.007(f), (g), (h), (m), and (n), | ||
Election Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |