Bill Text: TX SB173 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the uniform election date.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SB173 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB173-Introduced.html

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85R3015 SRS-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 173

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the uniform election date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 41.001(a) and (b), 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 political subdivision other than a
county; or
[(3)] the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
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) an election held under a statute that expressly
provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to
the election;] or
(6) [(7)] the initial election of the members of the
governing body of a newly incorporated city.
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 shall [may], not later than January 1, 2018
[December 31, 2016], change the date on which it holds its general
election for officers to the November uniform election date.
SECTION 3. Sections 41.001(c) and (d) and Section
41.0052(e), Election Code, are repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.