By: Lewis (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 1545
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
April 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 6, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to
change the date of their general elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 41.0052(a) and (a-1), Election Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) [The governing body of a political subdivision other
than a county may, not later than December 31, 2005, change the date
on which it holds its general election for officers to another
authorized uniform election date.
[(a-1)] The governing body of a political subdivision,
other than a county, that holds its general election for officers on
a date other than the November uniform election date may, not later
than December 31, 2012 [2010], change the date on which it holds its
general election for officers to the November uniform election
date.
SECTION 2. Section 41.0053, Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.
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