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| 1 | 1 | By: Schofield H.B. No. 3336 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the date of the primary election runoff. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Sections 41.007(b), (c), and (d), Election Code, | |
| 9 | 9 | are amended to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 41.007. PRIMARY ELECTIONS. (a) The general primary | |
| 11 | 11 | election date is the first Tuesday in March in each even-numbered | |
| 12 | 12 | year. | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) The runoff primary election date is the second [fourth] | |
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday in April [May] following the general primary election. | |
| 15 | 15 | (c) The runoff primary election date for any election for | |
| 16 | 16 | federal office is the fourth Tuesday in May following the general | |
| 17 | 17 | primary election. | |
| 18 | 18 | (d) [(c)] The presidential primary election date is the | |
| 19 | 19 | first Tuesday in March in each presidential election year. | |
| 20 | 20 | (e) [(d)] No other election may be held on the date of a | |
| 21 | 21 | primary election. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |