85R4394 SRS-F
By: Springer H.B. No. 1933
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the uniform election dates for certain political
subdivisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 41.001(b) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(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; or
(6) [an election held under a statute that expressly
provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to
the election; or
[(7)] the initial election of the members of the
governing body of a newly incorporated city.
(c) Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section
41.0011 or 41.005(a-1), or a runoff election following an election
held under Subsection (a)(2) or Section 41.005(a-1), an election
may not be held within 30 days before or after the date of the
general election for state and county officers, general primary
election, or runoff primary election.
SECTION 2. Section 41.005, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the election dates prescribed by
Section 41.001, a general election held by a political subdivision
other than a county may be held on the first Tuesday in March.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.