Texas Election Code Title 4, Chapter 42 - Election Precincts

SUBCHAPTER A COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS

• Texas Section 42.001 - Precincts Established By Commissioners Court
  (a) Each commissioners court by order shall divide all the territory of the county into county election precincts in accordance with this subchapter. The precincts...
• Texas Section 42.002 - Required Use Of County Precincts
  (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...
• Texas Section 42.003 - Boundary Description
  Each county election precinct must be described by natural or artificial boundaries or by survey lines. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 42.004 - Precinct Identification
  The commissioners court shall identify each county election precinct by a number. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
• Texas Section 42.005 - Relationship To Districts And Justice And Commissioners Precincts
  Sec. 42.005. RELATIONSHIP TO DISTRICTS AND JUSTICE AND COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS. (a) A county election precinct, including a consolidated precinct, may not contain territory from more...
• Texas Section 42.0051 - Combining Certain Precincts
  (a) If changes in county election precinct boundaries to give effect to a redistricting plan result in county election precincts with a number of registered...
• Texas Section 42.006 - Population Requirements
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county election precinct must contain at least 100 but not more than 5,000 registered voters. (b)...
• Texas Section 42.007 - Combining Incorporated And Unincorporated Territory
  A commissioners court may not establish a county election precinct containing territory inside a city with a population of 10,000 or more and unincorporated territory...
• Texas Section 42.008 - Consolidating Precincts In Special Election
  (a) In a special election for which use of county election precincts is required, the commissioners court may consolidate, on the recommendation of the county...
• Texas Section 42.009 - Consolidating Precincts In Primary Election
  The county executive committee of a political party holding a primary election may order two or more county election precincts consolidated into a single precinct...

SUBCHAPTER B CHANGING COUNTY PRECINCT BOUNDARIES

• Texas Section 42.010 - Recommendation On Elimination Of Less Populous Precincts
  (a) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 143, Sec. 4, eff. May 24, 2013. (b) After each redistricting of a territorial unit described...
• Texas Section 42.031 - Reviewing Precincts For Compliance: Boundary Changes
  (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...
• Texas Section 42.032 - Redistricting: Boundary Changes
  If changes in county election precinct boundaries are necessary to give effect to a redistricting plan under Article III, Section 28, of the Texas Constitution,...
• Texas Section 42.033 - Effective Date Of Boundary Change
  (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...
• Texas Section 42.034 - Notice To Registrar
  The commissioners court shall deliver a certified copy of an order changing a county election precinct boundary to the voter registrar not later than the...
• Texas Section 42.035 - Public Notice
  (a) Beginning with the first week following the week in which an order changing a county election precinct boundary is adopted, the commissioners court shall...
• Texas Section 42.036 - Additional Notice In Populous Counties
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of one million or more. (b) The commissioners court shall deliver written notice of...

SUBCHAPTER C OTHER ELECTION PRECINCTS

• Texas Section 42.037 - Filing Map Of Precinct Boundary Changes With Secretary Of State
  (a) Not later than the 120th day after the date an order changing a county election precinct boundary is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver...
• Texas Section 42.061 - Precincts Of Political Subdivision Other Than County
  (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than a county shall establish the election precincts for elections ordered by an authority of the...
• Texas Section 42.0615 - Notice To Registrar Of Boundary Change Of Political Subdivision
  A political subdivision that changes its boundaries or the boundaries of districts used to elect members to the governing body of the political subdivision shall...
• Texas Section 42.062 - Precincts For Certain Special Elections
  A county authority ordering an election shall establish the election precincts for the election if: (1) the election is a special election affecting only part...
• Texas Section 42.0621 - Precincts For Elections Held On A Uniform Election Date
  (a) In an election held on a uniform election date, the political subdivisions to which Section 42.002(a)(5) applies shall use the regular county election precincts....
• Texas Section 42.063 - Boundary Description
  Each election precinct established under this subchapter must be described by natural or artificial boundaries, by survey lines, or if the precinct is coterminous with...
• Texas Section 42.064 - Precinct Identification
  If more than one election precinct is established under this subchapter, the authority establishing the precincts shall identify each precinct by a name or number....
• Texas Section 42.065 - Conflicts With Other Law
  A law outside this subchapter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1,

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