By: Bucy, Plesa (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 371
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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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, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) 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 a Saturday
designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or
later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main
election is completed].
(e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this
section for a runoff election:
(1) must be:
(A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date
of the main election; and
(B) not later than the 45th day after the date of
the main election; and
(2) may not:
(A) be a national or state holiday under Section
1.006(f); or
(B) have an early voting period that includes a
national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f).
SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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