By: Meza H.B. No. 3634
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of political subdivisions to establish
election precincts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.061, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than
a county may shall establish the election precincts for elections
ordered by an authority of the political subdivision.
(c) An election precinct established for an election
ordered by a city authority may not divide a county election
precinct except as necessary to follow the city's boundary.
(d) If a county precinct is divided according to Section
42.061(c)the City shall maintain the informational integrity of the
county precincts by submitting the voter ID numbers of those who
cast votes to the county elections office by county precinct as well
as the election precinct that was created under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 42.0615, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(2) Provide the voter registrar with a map of an
adopted boundary change in a format that is compatible with the
mapping format used by the registrar's office.
(3) Provide the voter registrar with a corresponding
list of voters in each of the county precincts that have been
divided.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.