Bill Text: TX HB2485 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the uniform election date.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2485 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2485-Comm_Sub.html
85R25323 SRS-F | |||
By: Elkins | H.B. No. 2485 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2485: | |||
By: Laubenberg | C.S.H.B. No. 2485 |
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relating to the uniform election date. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 41.001(a) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
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 first Saturday in May in an odd-numbered year; | ||
(2) the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered | ||
year, for an election held by a district created under Section 52, | ||
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution | ||
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(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in | ||
November. | ||
(c) Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section | ||
41.0011 [ |
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before or after the date of the general election for state and | ||
county officers, general primary election, or runoff primary | ||
election. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other | ||
than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general | ||
election for officers on a date other than the November uniform | ||
election date may, not later than January 1, 2018 [ |
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officers to the November uniform election date. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 41.001(d), Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |