Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3964 Compare Versions

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1		-	~~86R28429~~ ATP-F
	1	+	86R13037 ATP-F
2	2		By: Bohac H.B. No. 3964
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3964:
4		-	By: Burrows C.S.H.B. No. 3964
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to the location of countywide polling places within a
10	8		county.
11	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	10		SECTION 1. Section 43.007(m), Election Code, is amended to
13	11		read as follows:
14	12		(m) In adopting a methodology under Subsection (f), the
15	13		county must ensure that:
16		-	(1) in a county with a population of less than one
17		-	million, each county commissioners precinct contains at least one
18		-	countywide polling place and the percentage of the total number of
19		-	countywide polling places located in each commissioners precinct
20		-	must be as equal as mathematically possible to the percentage of
21		-	registered voters of the county whose registrations are effective
22		-	on the date of the election residing in each commissioners
23		-	precinct; or [and]
24		-	(2) in a county with a population of one million or
25		-	more, the percentage of the total number of countywide polling
26		-	places located in each state representative district in the county
	14	+	(1) each county commissioners precinct contains at
	15	+	least one countywide polling place and the percentage of the total
	16	+	number of countywide polling places located in each commissioners
	17	+	precinct must be as equal as mathematically possible to the
	18	+	percentage of registered voters of the county whose registrations
	19	+	are effective on the date of the election residing in each
	20	+	commissioners precinct; and
	21	+	(2) in a county with a population of 400,000 or more,
	22	+	the percentage of the total number of countywide polling places
	23	+	located in each state representative district in the county
27	24		containing territory in which the election is held must be as equal
28	25		as mathematically possible to the percentage of registered voters
29	26		of the county whose registrations are effective on the date of the
30	27		election residing in each state representative district [the total
31	28		number of permanent branch and temporary branch polling places open
32	29		for voting in a county commissioners precinct does not exceed more
33	30		than twice the number of permanent branch and temporary branch
34	31		polling places in another county commissioners precinct].
35	32		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.