Bill Text: TX HB4792 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-04-03 - Referred to Elections [HB4792 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB4792-Introduced.html
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| By: Muñoz | H.B. No. 4792 | |
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| relating to authorizing certain municipalities 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, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality on the | ||
| Texas-Mexico border with a population of more than 85,000 that | ||
| hosts the annual Texas Citrus Fiesta and holds its general election | ||
| for officers on a date other than the November uniform election date | ||
| may change the date on which it holds its general election for | ||
| officers to the November uniform election date. A municipality | ||
| described by this subsection that changes the date of its election | ||
| under this subsection may not change the date on which it holds its | ||
| general election for officers to a date other than the November | ||
| uniform election date. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
