H.B. No. 2847

	AN ACT
	relating to using county election precincts for any election held
	on the November uniform election date.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.002(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The county election precincts are the election
	precincts for the following elections:
	(1)  the general election for state and county
	officers;
	(2)  a special election ordered by the governor;
	(3)  a primary election;
	(4)  a countywide election ordered by the commissioners
	court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election
	subject to Section 42.062(2); and
	(5)  as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election
	held on the November uniform election date of[:
	[(A)  a school district located in any county; and
	[(B)]  a political subdivision, other than a
	[school] district that is created under Section 52, Article III, or
	Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and is [, not] located
	in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million or a county
	adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.0621(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  In an election held on the November uniform election
	date, the political subdivisions to which [described by] Section
	42.002(a)(5) applies shall use the regular county election
	precincts.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2847 was passed by the House on May
	15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2847 was passed by the Senate on May
	27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor