| 1 | 1 | | By: Bucy, Plesa (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 371 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the date of runoff elections. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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| 15 | 15 | | follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise |
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| 17 | 17 | | provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday |
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| 18 | 18 | | designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or |
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| 19 | 19 | | later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main |
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| 20 | 20 | | election is completed]. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this |
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| 22 | 22 | | section for a runoff election: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) must be: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the main election; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) not later than the 45th day after the date of |
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| 27 | 27 | | the main election; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) may not: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) be a national or state holiday under Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1.006(f); or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) have an early voting period that includes a |
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| 32 | 32 | | national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f). |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 35 | 35 | | * * * * * |
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