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| 1 | + | 87R5753 MLH-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Bucy H.B. No. 2059 | |
| 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 7 | relating to the date of runoff elections. | |
| 7 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 2.025(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 9 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 10 | 11 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise | |
| 11 | - | provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on the | |
| 12 | - | Saturday [not earlier than the 20th or later than the | |
| 13 | - | after the date [the final canvass] of the main election | |
| 14 | - | completed]. | |
| 12 | + | provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on the first | |
| 13 | + | Saturday after the 27th [not earlier than the 20th or later than the | |
| 14 | + | 45th] day after the date [the final canvass] of the main election | |
| 15 | + | [is completed]. | |
| 15 | 16 | SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed. | |
| 16 | 17 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |