H.B. No. 1701




AN ACT

relating to providing a uniform limit on the population of a county 
election precinct.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.006(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county 
election precinct must contain at least 100 but not more than 5,000
[2,000] registered voters.
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.006(d), Election Code, is repealed.                     
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1701 was passed by the House on May 2, 
2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1701 was passed by the Senate on May 
21, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor