83R1248 ADM-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 506
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing precincts for elections held on a uniform
election date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.002(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The county election precincts are the election
precincts for the following elections:
(1) the general election for state and county
officers;
(2) a special election ordered by the governor;
(3) a primary election;
(4) a countywide election ordered by the commissioners
court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election
subject to Section 42.062(2); and
(5) as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election
held by [on the November uniform election date of] a political
subdivision, other than a district that is created under Section
52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
and is located in a county with a population of more than 3.3
million or a county adjacent to a county with a population of more
than 3.3 million, on a uniform election date.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 42.0621, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 42.0621. PRECINCTS FOR ELECTIONS HELD ON A UNIFORM
ELECTION DATE [NOVEMBER ELECTION].
SECTION 3. Section 42.0621(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In an election held on a [the November] uniform election
date, the political subdivisions to which Section 42.002(a)(5)
applies shall use the regular county election precincts.
SECTION 4. Section 43.004(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) If a political subdivision holds an election on a [the
November] uniform election date and is required to use the regular
county election precincts, the political subdivision shall
designate as the polling places for the election the regular county
polling places in the county election precincts that contain
territory from the political subdivision.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.