Tex. Elec. Code § 42.031 · Subchapter B. CHANGING COUNTY PRECINCT BOUNDARIES
REVIEWING PRECINCTS FOR COMPLIANCE: BOUNDARY CHANGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) During March or April of each odd-numbered year, each commissioners court shall determine whether the county election precincts comply with Sections 42.005, 42.006, and 42.007. The commissioners court may make that determination during March or April of an even-numbered year. Before May 1 of the year in which the determination is made, the commissioners court shall order the boundary changes necessary for compliance.
(b) The commissioners court may order a boundary change only during March or April unless the change is necessary to:
(1) comply with Section 42.005 or 42.032;
(2) reduce the number of registered voters in a precinct so it does not exceed the maximum number permitted by Section 42.006; or
(3) include within a precinct a suitable building available for use as a polling place if no suitable building is available for that purpose within the existing precinct boundary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 42.005RELATIONSHIP TO DISTRICTS AND JUSTICE AND COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS.Printed as Section 42.005 or 42.032 | Sections 42.005, 42.006, and 42.007
- Tex. Elec. Code § 42.006POPULATION REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 42.006 | Sections 42.005, 42.006, and 42.007
- Tex. Elec. Code § 42.007COMBINING INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY.Printed as Sections 42.005, 42.006, and 42.007
- Tex. Elec. Code § 42.032REDISTRICTING: BOUNDARY CHANGES.Printed as Section 42.005 or 42.032
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