Texas § 42.035 PUBLIC NOTICE.

Texas Statutes

§ 42.035 — PUBLIC NOTICE.

Texas § 42.035

Code ELElection Code

This text of Texas § 42.035 (PUBLIC NOTICE.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Election Code Code Ann. § 42.035 (2026).

Text

Sec. 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 publish notice of the change:

(1)in a newspaper in the county once a week for three consecutive weeks; and

(2)on the county's Internet website, if the county maintains an Internet website, for three consecutive weeks.

(b)The notice must include a brief, general description of the boundary change.

(c)If no newspaper is published in the county, the commissioners court shall post the notice at the county courthouse on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. The notice must remain posted continuously for three consecutive weeks.

(d)The county clerk shall deliver a

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 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 publish notice of the change:
(1) in a newspaper in the county once a week for three consecutive weeks; and
(2) on the county's Internet website, if the county maintains an Internet website, for three consecutive weeks.
(b) The notice must include a brief, general description of the boundary change.
(c) If no newspaper is published in the county, the commissioners court shall post the notice at the county courthouse on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. The notice must remain posted continuously for three consecutive weeks.
(d) The county clerk shall deliver a copy of the notice to the secretary of state not later than the 20th day after the date the order changing the boundary is adopted.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 933 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.