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AN ACT
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relating to establishing precincts for elections held on a uniform |
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election date by certain political subdivisions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.002, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The county election precincts are the election |
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precincts for the following elections: |
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(1) the general election for state and county |
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officers; |
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(2) a special election ordered by the governor; |
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(3) a primary election; |
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(4) a countywide election ordered by the commissioners |
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court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election |
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subject to Section 42.062(2); and |
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(5) as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election |
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held by [on the November uniform election date of] a political |
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subdivision on a uniform election date[, other than a district that
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is created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article
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XVI, Texas Constitution, and is located in a county with a
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population of more than 3.3 million or a county adjacent to a county
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with a population of more than 3.3 million]. |
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(c) Subsection (a)(5) does not apply to an election held on |
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the May uniform election date by a political subdivision that: |
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(1) conducts early voting by personal appearance: |
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(A) at 75 percent or more of its permanent or |
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temporary branch polling places on the same days and during the same |
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hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling place; |
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and |
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(B) at each remaining polling place for at least |
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two consecutive days of voting during the early voting period, and |
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for at least eight hours on each of the two consecutive days; or |
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(2) has not established a permanent or temporary |
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branch early voting polling place. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 42.0621, Election Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0621. PRECINCTS FOR ELECTIONS HELD ON A UNIFORM |
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ELECTION DATE [NOVEMBER ELECTION]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.0621(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In an election held on a [the November] uniform election |
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date, the political subdivisions to which Section 42.002(a)(5) |
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applies shall use the regular county election precincts. |
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SECTION 4. Section 43.004(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) If a political subdivision holds an election on a [the
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November] uniform election date and is required to use the regular |
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county election precincts, the political subdivision shall |
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designate as the polling places for the election the regular county |
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polling places in the county election precincts that contain |
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territory from the political subdivision. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2027 was passed by the House on April |
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23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2027 on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 2, |
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3 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2027 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Date |
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Governor |