{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-42.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 42.008","heading":"CONSOLIDATING PRECINCTS IN SPECIAL ELECTION.","body":"(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 election board, two or more county election precincts into a single precinct if the polling place is located so it will adequately serve the voters of the consolidated precinct.\n(b) If county election precincts are consolidated for a countywide election, at least one consolidated precinct must be situated wholly within each commissioners precinct.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 277, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 4. TIME AND PLACE OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 42. ELECTION PRECINCTS","SUBCHAPTER A. COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.42.htm#42.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"a8ca6803e00204e09f8f69f1697d92954dffee29a9fe1df48008bff8bb0f8f54","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-42.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-42.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}