88R33221 MLH-D
By: Bucy H.R. No. 2435
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 357 (the requirements to
access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted
by mail and to the date of runoff elections) to consider and take
action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house
or senate version of the bill by adding the following SECTIONS to
the bill:
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 3. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.
Explanation: This change is necessary to provide for
consistency and predictability in determining the date of a runoff
election.