83R8794 JRJ-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 3049
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 second Saturday in May in an odd-numbered
year;
[(2) the second 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. Sections 41.001(c) and (d) and Section 41.0052,
Election Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.