86R28429 ATP-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 3964
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3964:
By: Burrows C.S.H.B. No. 3964
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the location of countywide polling places within a
county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.007(m), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(m) In adopting a methodology under Subsection (f), the
county must ensure that:
(1) in a county with a population of less than one
million, each county commissioners precinct contains at least one
countywide polling place and the percentage of the total number of
countywide polling places located in each commissioners precinct
must be as equal as mathematically possible to the percentage of
registered voters of the county whose registrations are effective
on the date of the election residing in each commissioners
precinct; or [and]
(2) in a county with a population of one million or
more, the percentage of the total number of countywide polling
places located in each state representative district in the county
containing territory in which the election is held must be as equal
as mathematically possible to the percentage of registered voters
of the county whose registrations are effective on the date of the
election residing in each state representative district [the total
number of permanent branch and temporary branch polling places open
for voting in a county commissioners precinct does not exceed more
than twice the number of permanent branch and temporary branch
polling places in another county commissioners precinct].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.