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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 4. TIME AND PLACE OF ELECTIONS |
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Chapter 42. ELECTION PRECINCTS |
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Subchapter A. COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS |
Sec. 42.005. RELATIONSHIP TO WARDS, DISTRICTS, AND JUSTICE AND COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS
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(a) A county election precinct, including a consolidated precinct, may not contain territory from more than one of each of the following types of territorial units:
(1) a commissioners precinct;
(2) a justice precinct;
(3) a congressional district;
(4) a state representative district;
(5) a state senatorial district;
(6) a ward in a city with a population of 10,000 or more; or
(7) a State Board of Education district.
(b) If application of this section conflicts with application of Section 42.006, this section prevails.
(c) In this section, "ward" means a territorial unit of a city, regardless of its designation under other law, from which a member of the city's governing body is elected by only the voters residing in the territorial unit.
(d) County election precincts are not required to comply with Subsection (a)(6) if:
(1) the commissioners court by order recorded in its minutes determines that compliance is impracticable because of the requirements of a federal court order affecting elections in the county; and
(2) not later than January 1 of each year, the voter registrar furnishes to each political subdivision affected by the federal court order that is authorized or required to hold elections in the county during that year a list of registered voters for each election precinct used in the political subdivision's elections.