87R5753 MLH-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 2059
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date of runoff elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.025(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise
provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on the first
Saturday after the 27th [not earlier than the 20th or later than the
45th] day after the date [the final canvass] of the main election
[is completed].
SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.