Bill Text: TX HB455 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing certain political subdivisions to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Elections [HB455 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB455-Introduced.html
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By: Schofield | H.B. No. 455 |
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relating to authorizing certain political subdivisions to change | ||
the date on which their general election for officers is held. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. 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 [ |
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date on which it holds its general election for officers to the | ||
November uniform election date. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |