| 1 | 1 | | By: Reynolds, Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 2920 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs; May 9, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 9, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the authority of a governing body of a Type C General |
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| 11 | 11 | | Law City to adopt an ordinance to determine the manner of when |
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| 12 | 12 | | commissioners run for elected office. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 24 of the Local Government Code, |
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| 15 | 15 | | specifically Section 24.023 is amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 24.023. REGULAR TERM OF OFFICE; REGULAR ELECTION |
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| 17 | 17 | | DATE. (a) The mayor and commissioners of the municipality serve |
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| 18 | 18 | | for a term of two years unless a longer term is established under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Article XI, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The election for mayor and commissioners shall be held |
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| 21 | 21 | | on an authorized uniform election date as provided by Chapter 41, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Election Code. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The first regular election must be on an authorized |
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| 24 | 24 | | uniform election date occurring: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) in the case of a community incorporating as a Type |
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| 26 | 26 | | C general-law municipality, within one year after the expiration of |
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| 27 | 27 | | the month in which the incorporation election is held; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) in the case of a municipality changing to a Type C |
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| 29 | 29 | | general-law municipality, within one year after the month in which |
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| 30 | 30 | | the election on the change is held. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) In a City incorporated under this Chapter with a |
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| 32 | 32 | | population of over 10,000 residents, the governing body may adopt |
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| 33 | 33 | | an ordinance to determine if commissioners may be elected in |
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| 34 | 34 | | alternate years or in the same election year. Elections under this |
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| 35 | 35 | | subsection shall be held on an authorized uniform election date as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Chapter 41, Election Code. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act |
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| 38 | 38 | | applies only to a General Law C city with a population over 10,000. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 40 | 40 | | * * * * * |
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