88R7232 MPF-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 3819
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to combining incorporated and unincorporated territory
into a county election precinct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.007, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 42.007. COMBINING INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED
TERRITORY. A commissioners court may not establish a county
election precinct containing territory inside a city with a
population of 10,000 or more and unincorporated territory outside
that city unless:
(1) the commissioners court determines that either of
the two areas:
(A) [(1)] cannot constitute a separate election
precinct of suitable size or shape that contains the permissible
number of voters; or
(B) [(2)] cannot be combined with other
territory on the same side of the city boundary to form an election
precinct of a suitable size or shape that contains the permissible
number of voters without causing another election precinct to fail
to meet those requirements; or
(2) the two areas are located in a county
participating in the countywide polling place program under Section
43.007.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.