Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1		-	84R6386 ADM-F
2	1		By: Blanco H.B. No. 2644
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7		-	relating to notice given of election precinct boundary changes.
	6	+	relating
	7	+	to notice given of election precinct boundary changes.
8	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9		SECTION 1. Section 42.034, Election Code, is amended to
10	10		read as follows:
11	11		Sec. 42.034. NOTICE TO REGISTRAR; REGISTRAR TO MAKE MAP
12	12		AVAILABLE. (a) The commissioners court shall deliver a certified
13	13		copy of an order changing a county election precinct boundary to the
14	14		voter registrar not later than the seventh day after the date the
15	15		order is adopted.
16	16		(b) The registrar shall make an electronic version of the
17	17		precinct boundary map available on the website of the county. If no
18	18		county website is maintained, the registrar shall provide copies of
19	19		the precinct boundary map upon written request.
20	20		SECTION 2. Sections 42.035(a) and (c), Election Code, are
21	21		amended to read as follows:
22	22		(a) Not later than [Beginning with] the first week following
23	23		the week in which an order changing a county election precinct
24	24		boundary is adopted, the commissioners court shall publish notice
25		-	of the change ~~on the website of the county [~~in a newspaper in the
26		-	~~county once a week for three~~ consecutive weeks].
27		-	(c) If no county website is maintained [newspaper is
28		-	published in the county], the commissioners court shall post the
	25	+	of the change in a newspaper in the county once a week for three
	26	+	consecutive weeks and on the website of the county.
	27	+	(c) If no county website is maintained or no newspaper is
	28	+	published in the county, the commissioners court shall post the
29	29		notice at the county courthouse on the bulletin board used for
30	30		posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. The notice
31	31		must remain posted continuously for three consecutive weeks.
32	32		SECTION 3. The heading to Section 42.036, Election Code, is
33	33		amended to read as follows:
34	34		Sec. 42.036. ADDITIONAL NOTICE TO CERTAIN COUNTY CHAIRS [IN
35	35		POPULOUS COUNTIES].
36	36		SECTION 4. Section 42.036(b), Election Code, is amended to
37	37		read as follows:
38	38		(b) The commissioners court shall deliver written notice of
39	39		each proposed change and of each order making a change in a county
40	40		election precinct boundary to[:
41	41		[(1)] the county chair of each political party that
42	42		held a primary election in the county on the most recent general
43	43		primary day[;
44	44		[(2) the political party's precinct chair of each
45	45		affected election precinct; and
46	46		[(3) the presiding judge appointed by the
47	47		commissioners court for each affected election precinct].
48	48		SECTION 5. Sections 42.037(a) and (c), Election Code, are
49	49		amended to read as follows:
50	50		(a) Not later than the 120th day after the date an order
51	51		changing a county election precinct boundary is adopted, the county
52	52		clerk shall deliver to the secretary of state a map depicting the
53	53		affected precinct's boundary as changed and showing the number of
54	54		the precinct. The map may be delivered in an electronic format.
55	55		(c) The state librarian shall retain the map for 20 years
56	56		after receipt, except that for a map delivered in electronic
57	57		format, the state librarian may retain the map for more than 20
58	58		years to follow standard retention practices.
59	59		SECTION 6. Section 42.036(a), Election Code, is repealed.
60	60		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	61		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	62		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	63		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	64		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.