| 1 | 1 | | 84R2130 SRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer H.B. No. 361 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the uniform election date. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 41.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each |
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| 12 | 12 | | general or special election in this state shall be held on [one of |
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| 13 | 13 | | the following dates: |
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| 14 | 14 | | [(1) the second Saturday in May in an odd-numbered |
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| 15 | 15 | | year; |
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| 16 | 16 | | [(2) the second Saturday in May in an even-numbered |
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| 17 | 17 | | year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a |
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| 18 | 18 | | county; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | [(3)] the first Tuesday after the first Monday in |
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| 20 | 20 | | November. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) a runoff election; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) an election to resolve a tie vote; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) an election held under an order of a court or other |
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| 25 | 25 | | tribunal; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) an emergency election ordered under Section |
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| 27 | 27 | | 41.0011; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the |
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| 29 | 29 | | legislature held under Section 203.013; |
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| 30 | 30 | | [(6) an election held under a statute that expressly |
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| 31 | 31 | | provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to |
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| 32 | 32 | | the election;] or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (6) [(7)] the initial election of the members of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | governing body of a newly incorporated city. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 36 | 36 | | read as follows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other |
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| 38 | 38 | | than a county, that holds its general election for officers on a |
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| 39 | 39 | | date other than the November uniform election date shall [may], not |
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| 40 | 40 | | later than January 1, 2016 [December 31, 2012], change the date on |
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| 41 | 41 | | which it holds its general election for officers to the November |
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| 42 | 42 | | uniform election date. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. Sections 41.001(c) and (d) and Section |
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| 44 | 44 | | 41.0052(e), Election Code, are repealed. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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