88R21836 MLH-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 371
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 371:
By: Manuel C.S.H.B. No. 371
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 Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.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.