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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the territory that may be included in a single county |
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| 8 | 8 | | election precinct. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.0051(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A [If changes in county election precinct boundaries to |
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| 13 | 13 | | give effect to a redistricting plan result in county election |
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| 14 | 14 | | precincts with a number of registered voters less than 500, a] |
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| 15 | 15 | | commissioners court for a general or special election, or for a |
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| 16 | 16 | | primary election the county executive committee of a political |
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| 17 | 17 | | party conducting a primary election, may combine county election |
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| 18 | 18 | | precincts notwithstanding Section 42.005 to avoid unreasonable |
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| 19 | 19 | | expenditures for election equipment, supplies, and personnel in: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) a county with a population of less than 250,000 if |
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| 21 | 21 | | the precinct has less than 500 registered voters; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) a county with a population of 250,000 or more |
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| 23 | 23 | | regardless of the number of registered voters in the precinct. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.0051(b), Election Code, is repealed. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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