85R25323 SRS-F
By: Elkins H.B. No. 2485
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2485:
By: Laubenberg C.S.H.B. No. 2485
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 (c), 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 first Saturday in May in an odd-numbered year;
(2) the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered
year, for an election held by a district created under Section 52,
Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution
[political subdivision other than a county]; or
(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
(c) Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section
41.0011 [or a runoff election following an election held under
Subsection (a)(2)], 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 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other
than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general
election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
election date may, not later than January 1, 2018 [December 31,
2016], change the date on which it holds its general election for
officers to the November uniform election date.
SECTION 3. Section 41.001(d), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.