Bill Text: TX SB1661 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the date on which a city may hold a general election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Local Government [SB1661 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1661-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1661 |
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relating to the date on which a city may hold a general election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0025. GENERAL ELECTION FOR CITY. Notwithstanding | ||
any other law, the governing body of a city shall hold a general | ||
election of the city on the November uniform election date in an | ||
even-numbered year. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 41.005(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) This section does not apply to a general election of a | ||
city or for county officers. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (c) and (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The governing body of a city that holds a general | ||
election on a date other than the date of the general election for | ||
state and county officers shall, not later than November 1, 2022, | ||
hold its general election in conjunction with the general election | ||
for state and county officers. | ||
(c) A home-rule city may implement the change required | ||
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of all members of the governing body at the same election through | ||
the adoption of a resolution. The change contained in the | ||
resolution supersedes a city charter provision that requires a | ||
different general election date or that requires the terms of | ||
members of the governing body to be staggered. | ||
(d) The holdover of a member of a governing body of a city in | ||
accordance with Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, so | ||
that a term of office conforms [ |
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purposes of Section 11(b), Article XI, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 21.005, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY. Not later than the first anniversary of | ||
the date of its incorporation, a newly incorporated municipality | ||
shall set its [ |
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general election of the members of the municipality's governing | ||
body. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 22.003, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.003. DATE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION. An election for | ||
officers of the municipality shall be held biennially [ |
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municipality in accordance with Section 41.0025 [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 23.023(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) After the initial election, the election for the mayor, | ||
aldermen, and marshal shall be held biennially, in accordance with | ||
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Election Code. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 23.025, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 23.025. INITIAL TERM OF OFFICE. The mayor, aldermen, | ||
and marshal elected at the initial election under Section 23.021 | ||
hold office until their successors have been duly elected at the | ||
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SECTION 8. Section 23.026, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 23.026. REGULAR TERM OF OFFICE. [ |
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aldermen, and marshal of the municipality are elected for a term of | ||
two years [ |
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SECTION 9. Section 24.023(c), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The first regular election must be on an authorized | ||
uniform election date occurring: | ||
(1) in the case of a community incorporating as a Type | ||
C general-law municipality, within two years [ |
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expiration of the month in which the incorporation election is | ||
held; or | ||
(2) in the case of a municipality changing to a Type C | ||
general-law municipality, within two years [ |
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month in which the election on the change is held. | ||
SECTION 10. Sections 22.034(b) and (c), Local Government | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 11. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 12. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |