Tex. Elec. Code § 42.033 · Subchapter B. CHANGING COUNTY PRECINCT BOUNDARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF BOUNDARY CHANGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A change in a county election precinct boundary takes effect on the first day of the first even-numbered voting year following the voting year in which the change is ordered.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), for a boundary change under Section 42.031(b), the commissioners court may order an earlier effective date than that prescribed by Subsection (a) if:
(1) an election for an officer of a territorial unit under Section 42.005(a) is scheduled or may be scheduled to be held before the effective date of the change under Subsection (a) and the territorial unit contains the election precinct as changed; and
(2) the voter registrar has sufficient time to correct the registration records before the effective date of the change.
(c) A change in a county election precinct boundary may not take effect on a date occurring between the date of the general primary election and the date of the general election for state and county officers unless the change is necessary to:
(1) comply with Section 42.005 after a boundary change made under Article V, Section 18, of the Texas Constitution;
(2) 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; or
(3) comply with a court order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.42.htm
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