83R5953 JRJ-D
By: Duncan S.B. No. 578
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to use of countywide polling places for certain elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.007(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to
allow each commissioners court participating in the program to
eliminate county election precinct polling places and establish
countywide polling places for:
(1) each general election for state and county
officers;
(2) each election held on the uniform election date in
May;
(3) each election on a proposed constitutional
amendment; [and]
(4) each primary election; and
(5) each election of a political subdivision located
in the county that is held jointly with an election described by
Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) [(3)].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.