Bill Text: TX HB1210 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the May uniform election date.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Elections [HB1210 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1210-Introduced.html

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88R1218 MLH-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1210

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the May uniform election date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each
general or special election in this state shall be held on one of
the following dates:
(1) the fourth Tuesday [first Saturday] in May in an
odd-numbered year;
(2) the fourth Tuesday [first Saturday] in May in an
even-numbered year, for an election held by a political subdivision
other than a county, or ordered by the governor; or
(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
SECTION 2. Section 41.007(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Sections 41.001(a)(1) and (2), no
[No] other election may be held on the date of a primary election.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.