H.B. No. 1164
AN ACT
relating to the territory that may be included in a single county
election precinct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 42.005, Election Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.005. RELATIONSHIP TO [WARDS,] DISTRICTS[,] AND
JUSTICE AND COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS.
SECTION 2. Section 42.005(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A county election precinct, including a consolidated
precinct, may not contain territory from more than one of each of
the following types of territorial units:
(1) a commissioners precinct;
(2) a justice precinct;
(3) a congressional district;
(4) a state representative district;
(5) a state senatorial district; or
(6) [a ward in a city with a population of 10,000 or
more; or
[(7)] a State Board of Education district.
SECTION 3. Section 42.010(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) After each redistricting of a territorial unit
described by Section 42.005(a)(3), (4), (5), or (6) [(7)], the
commissioners court may submit recommendations to the secretary of
state on changes to the territorial units to allow the county to
eliminate county election precincts with no population or a
substantially small population.
SECTION 4. Sections 42.005(c) and (d) and 42.010(a),
Election Code, are repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1164 was passed by the House on April
18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1164 was passed by the Senate on May
9, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor