Bill Text: TX HB4160 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to holding elections on uniform election dates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB4160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4160-Introduced.html
86R4450 JRJ-D | ||
By: Swanson | H.B. No. 4160 |
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relating to holding elections on uniform election dates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) An election for trustees of an independent school | ||
district shall be held on a uniform election date [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 41.012, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.012. DATE OF ELECTIONS. An election under this | ||
chapter for voter approval of an agreement entered by the board of | ||
trustees shall be held on a uniform election date [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 41.253(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The transitional board of trustees shall divide the | ||
consolidated district into nine single-member trustee districts in | ||
accordance with the procedures provided by Section 11.052. The | ||
transitional board shall order an election for the initial board of | ||
trustees to be held on the first [ |
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the effective date of a consolidation order. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 41.001(a), (b), 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 Tuesday in March [ |
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November. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to: | ||
(1) a runoff election; | ||
(2) an election to resolve a tie vote; | ||
(3) an election held under an order of a court or other | ||
tribunal; | ||
(4) an emergency election ordered under Section | ||
41.0011; | ||
(5) an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the | ||
legislature held under Section 203.013; | ||
(6) a special [ |
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(7) the initial election of the members of the | ||
governing body of a newly incorporated city. | ||
(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 5. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0051. ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS. Notwithstanding any | ||
other law, an election for the issuance of bonds by a political | ||
subdivision shall be held on a uniform election date. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision[ |
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general election for officers on a date other than the November | ||
uniform election date shall [ |
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officers to the November uniform election date. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 43.007(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to | ||
allow each commissioners court participating in the program to | ||
eliminate county election precinct polling places and establish | ||
countywide polling places for: | ||
(1) each general election for state and county | ||
officers; | ||
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election if: | ||
(A) the county chair or county executive | ||
committee of each political party participating in a joint primary | ||
election under Section 172.126 agrees to the use of countywide | ||
polling places; or | ||
(B) the county chair or county executive | ||
committee of each political party required to nominate candidates | ||
by primary election agrees to use the same countywide polling | ||
places; and | ||
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located in the county that is held jointly with an election | ||
described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3)[ |
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SECTION 8. Section 262.005(e), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Dissolution of | ||
the (name of the authority)." | ||
SECTION 9. Sections 43.0755(h), (j), and (k), Local | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) If a majority of the voters voting in an election under | ||
Subsection (c)(2) or (4) approve the proposition submitted on the | ||
form of local government, the county judge of the county in which | ||
the municipality or alternate form of local government is located | ||
shall order an election for the governing body of the municipality | ||
or alternate form of local government to be held on a date that | ||
complies with the provisions of the Election Code[ |
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or alternate form of local government resulting from an election | ||
described by this subsection is incorporated or established on the | ||
date a majority of the members of the governing body qualify and | ||
take office. | ||
(j) The temporary governing body under Subsection (i) shall | ||
order an election to elect the permanent governing body of the | ||
municipality or alternate form of local government to occur on a | ||
date that complies with the provisions of the Election Code[ |
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(k) An election ordered under Subsection [ |
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elect members of the governing body of a municipality must be held | ||
under the applicable provisions of Chapter 22, 23, or 24, to the | ||
extent consistent with this section. An election for members of | ||
the governing body of an alternate form of government must be held | ||
under the law applicable to that form of government, to the extent | ||
consistent with this section. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 377.021(g), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(g) In the order calling the election, the municipality may | ||
provide for the district boundaries to conform automatically to any | ||
changes in the boundaries of the portion of the municipality or the | ||
municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction included in the | ||
district, and the election shall be held on a [ |
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SECTION 11. Section 1012.051(b), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section | ||
285.081, Health and Safety Code: | ||
(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms, with | ||
three directors elected in even-numbered years and four directors | ||
elected in odd-numbered years; and | ||
(2) a director's election shall be held each year on a | ||
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Election Code. | ||
SECTION 12. Section 1015.301(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The board shall order an election if the board receives | ||
a petition requesting an election that is signed by at least 10 | ||
percent of the registered voters in the district. The board shall | ||
order the election to be held on the first uniform election date | ||
that allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law | ||
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SECTION 13. Section 1025.051, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1025.051. BOARD ELECTION; TERM. The district is | ||
governed by a board of seven directors elected at large by place for | ||
staggered three-year terms. A director's election shall be held | ||
each year on a [ |
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41.001, Election Code. | ||
SECTION 14. Section 1035.051(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) An election shall be held each year on a [ |
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uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code, to elect | ||
the appropriate number of directors. | ||
SECTION 15. Section 1048.051(b), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section | ||
285.081, Health and Safety Code: | ||
(1) directors serve two-year terms; | ||
(2) an election shall be held each year on a [ |
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uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code; and | ||
(3) the terms of the directors elected to places one | ||
through four expire in odd-numbered years and the terms of the | ||
directors elected to places five through seven expire in | ||
even-numbered years. | ||
SECTION 16. Section 1049.051(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) An election shall be held each year on a [ |
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uniform election day prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, | ||
to elect the appropriate number of directors. | ||
SECTION 17. Section 1050.051(d), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) An election shall be held each year on a [ |
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uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code, to elect | ||
the appropriate number of at-large directors. | ||
SECTION 18. Section 1076.051(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Unless four-year terms are established under Section | ||
285.081, Health and Safety Code: | ||
(1) trustees serve two-year terms; | ||
(2) trustees who represent odd-numbered precincts and | ||
the trustee elected at large are elected in odd-numbered years; | ||
(3) trustees who represent even-numbered precincts | ||
are elected in even-numbered years; and | ||
(4) a trustee's election shall be held each year on a | ||
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SECTION 19. Section 1081.051(b), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section | ||
285.081, Health and Safety Code: | ||
(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; | ||
(2) an election shall be held annually on a [ |
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uniform election date under Section 41.001, Election Code; and | ||
(3) the terms of four directors expire in odd-numbered | ||
years and the terms of three directors expire in even-numbered | ||
years. | ||
SECTION 20. Section 1083.051(b), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section | ||
285.081, Health and Safety Code: | ||
(1) directors serve staggered two-year terms; and | ||
(2) a directors' election shall be held each year on a | ||
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Election Code, to elect the appropriate number of directors. | ||
SECTION 21. Section 1091.301(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The board shall order an election under this section if | ||
the board receives a petition requesting an election that is signed | ||
by at least 300 registered district voters according to the most | ||
recent official list of registered voters. The board shall order | ||
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that allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law | ||
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SECTION 22. Section 1098.051(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A directors' election shall be held annually on a [ |
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SECTION 23. Section 1101.051(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) An election shall be held in each even-numbered year on | ||
a [ |
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Election Code, [ |
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appropriate number of directors. | ||
SECTION 24. Section 1102.051(b), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Unless four-year terms are established under Section | ||
285.081, Health and Safety Code: | ||
(1) directors serve two-year terms; and | ||
(2) an election shall be held annually on a [ |
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uniform election date prescribed under Section 41.001, Election | ||
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SECTION 25. Section 1104.301(c), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) If the board receives a petition requesting an election | ||
that is signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters of | ||
the district, according to the most recent official list of | ||
registered voters, the board shall order an election to be | ||
held. The election shall be called on the first uniform election | ||
date that allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of | ||
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SECTION 26. Section 3813.052(a), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall hold an election of directors for | ||
positions four and five in each even-numbered year on a [ |
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Election Code. | ||
SECTION 27. Section 3846.052, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3846.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. An election to elect | ||
the appropriate number of directors shall be held on the uniform | ||
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Section 41.001(a), Election Code. | ||
SECTION 28. Section 8803.054, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8803.054. ELECTION DATE FOR DIRECTORS. The district | ||
shall hold an election to elect the appropriate number of directors | ||
on the uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election | ||
Code, in [ |
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SECTION 29. Section 8805.052(a), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Every second year, the board shall hold an election on a | ||
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Election Code, to elect the appropriate number of directors. | ||
SECTION 30. Section 8808.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8808.053. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an | ||
election to elect the appropriate number of directors on a [ |
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uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, | ||
in [ |
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SECTION 31. Section 8822.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8822.053. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an | ||
election to elect the appropriate number of directors on a [ |
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uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, | ||
in [ |
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SECTION 32. Section 8844.104, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8844.104. ELECTION DATE. Each odd-numbered year, the | ||
board shall hold an election in the district on a [ |
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SECTION 33. Section 8850.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8850.053. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an | ||
election to elect the appropriate number of directors on a [ |
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uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, | ||
in [ |
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SECTION 34. Section 11010.005(h), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) If the governing body of the local government, before | ||
the proposed effective date of the order, receives a petition | ||
calling for an election on the question of authorizing the addition | ||
of the local government to the authority as a sponsor that is signed | ||
by at least 10 percent of the local government's registered voters, | ||
the governing body shall order a special election on the question. | ||
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SECTION 35. Section 451.071(f), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) A referendum on a proposal to expand a system approved | ||
under this section shall [ |
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Section 41.001, Election Code, [ |
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(1) the referendum is held no earlier than the 62nd day | ||
after the date of the order; and | ||
(2) the proposed expansion involves the addition of | ||
not more than 12 miles of track to the system. | ||
SECTION 36. Section 49.103(b), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) After [ |
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confirmation of a district, an election shall be held on the uniform | ||
election date, provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, [ |
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directors. | ||
SECTION 37. Section 56.804(a), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The election shall be held on a uniform election day [ |
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SECTION 38. Section 63.089(a), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) An election shall be held in the district on the uniform | ||
election date provided by Section 41.001(a), Election Code [ |
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SECTION 39. Section 65.103(d), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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the ballot. | ||
SECTION 40. (a) Section 60.032(c), Agriculture Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
(b) The following provisions of the Election Code are | ||
repealed: | ||
(1) Section 41.001(d); | ||
(2) Section 41.0052(e); | ||
(3) Section 41.007(d); | ||
(4) Section 42.002(c); and | ||
(5) Section 85.001(e). | ||
(c) The following provisions of the Health and Safety Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 262.032(e); | ||
(2) Section 282.122(d); | ||
(3) Sections 286.023(g) and (h); | ||
(4) Section 286.101(f); and | ||
(5) Section 286.102(c). | ||
(d) Section 271.004(c), Local Government Code, is repealed. | ||
(e) The following provisions of the Special District Local | ||
Laws Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 21.055(b); | ||
(2) Section 1001.154(f); | ||
(3) Section 1001.201(c); | ||
(4) Sections 1001.251(b) and (c); | ||
(5) Section 1002.201(f); | ||
(6) Section 1004.151(f); | ||
(7) Section 1004.171(f); | ||
(8) Sections 1004.303(f) and (g); | ||
(9) Section 1008.151(f); | ||
(10) Section 1012.203(b); | ||
(11) Section 1012.301(e); | ||
(12) Section 1013.301(e); | ||
(13) Section 1015.301(e); | ||
(14) Section 1018.301(e); | ||
(15) Section 1020.351(d); | ||
(16) Sections 1023.301(c-1) and (e); | ||
(17) Section 1024.253(d); | ||
(18) Sections 1025.301(d) and (f); | ||
(19) Sections 1027.301(c-1) and (e); | ||
(20) Section 1030.301(d); | ||
(21) Section 1031.301(e); | ||
(22) Section 1032.301(e); | ||
(23) Section 1033.301(e); | ||
(24) Section 1034.253(d); | ||
(25) Section 1035.155(b); | ||
(26) Section 1036.401(e); | ||
(27) Section 1038.301(e); | ||
(28) Section 1039.118; | ||
(29) Sections 1043.301(c-1) and (e); | ||
(30) Section 1045.253(d); | ||
(31) Section 1046.007; | ||
(32) Section 1048.301(e); | ||
(33) Section 1050.301(e); | ||
(34) Section 1052.301(e); | ||
(35) Section 1056.301(e); | ||
(36) Section 1059.301(e); | ||
(37) Section 1062.301(e); | ||
(38) Section 1067.301(e); | ||
(39) Section 1068.253(f); | ||
(40) Section 1069.154(d); | ||
(41) Section 1072.021(e); | ||
(42) Section 1072.301(e); | ||
(43) Section 1073.301(e); | ||
(44) Section 1073.351(f); | ||
(45) Section 1076.301(e); | ||
(46) Sections 1081.301(d) and (f); | ||
(47) Section 1083.301(d); | ||
(48) Section 1084.301(e); | ||
(49) Section 1088.301(e); | ||
(50) Section 1091.301(e); | ||
(51) Sections 1094.151(b) and (d); | ||
(52) Section 1095.117; | ||
(53) Section 1098.301(e); | ||
(54) Section 1100.151(d); | ||
(55) Section 1100.351(d); | ||
(56) Section 1101.253(d); | ||
(57) Section 1101.254(g); | ||
(58) Section 1101.301(d); | ||
(59) Section 1102.301(f); | ||
(60) Section 1104.253(d); | ||
(61) Section 1104.301(e); | ||
(62) Section 1108.203(d); | ||
(63) Section 1109.301(e); | ||
(64) Section 1115.116; | ||
(65) Section 1116.253(h); | ||
(66) Section 1116.304(b); | ||
(67) Section 1116.351(g); | ||
(68) Section 1120.021(d); | ||
(69) Section 1120.301(e); | ||
(70) Section 1121.021(d); | ||
(71) Section 1121.301(e); | ||
(72) Section 1122.021(d); | ||
(73) Section 1122.2521(e); | ||
(74) Section 1122.301(e); | ||
(75) Section 3818.107; | ||
(76) Section 6606.102(b); | ||
(77) Section 6607.102(b); | ||
(78) Section 8112.023(b); | ||
(79) Section 8113.023(b); | ||
(80) Section 8114.023(b); | ||
(81) Section 8115.023(b); | ||
(82) Section 8116.023(b); | ||
(83) Section 8117.023(b); | ||
(84) Section 8118.023(b); | ||
(85) Section 8119.023(b); | ||
(86) Section 8120.023(b); | ||
(87) Section 8132.023(c); | ||
(88) Section 8185.023(b); | ||
(89) Section 8200.002; | ||
(90) Section 8201.002; | ||
(91) Section 8202.002; | ||
(92) Section 8368.004; | ||
(93) Section 8852.023(b); and | ||
(94) Section 8870.006(c). | ||
(f) The following provisions of the Transportation Code are | ||
repealed: | ||
(1) Section 54.004(c); and | ||
(2) Section 441.030(b). | ||
(g) The following provisions of the Water Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 51A.007; | ||
(2) Section 62.1071(g); and | ||
(3) Section 63.089(b). | ||
(h) Section 8.01(f), Chapter 670, Acts of the 72nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1991 (Article 4477-7j, Vernon's | ||
Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed. | ||
SECTION 41. This Act applies only to an election ordered on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. An election ordered before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 42. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |