86R11795 ATP-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 1913
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain cities to hold elections on the
November uniform election date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is 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,
for an election other than an election held by a city with a
population of 1.18 million or more, located predominantly in a
county that has a total area of less than 1,000 square miles, that
has adopted a council-manager form of government;
(2) the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered
year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a
city with a population of 1.18 million or more, located
predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000
square miles, that has adopted a council-manager form of
government, or a county; or
(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
SECTION 2. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The governing body of a city with a population of 1.18
million or more, located predominantly in a county that has a total
area of less than 1,000 square miles, that has adopted a
council-manager form of government and that holds its general
election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
election date shall, not later than December 31, 2020, change the
date on which it holds its general election for officers to the
November uniform election date. This subsection expires January 1,
2021.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.