| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 2258 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which |
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| 6 | 6 | | their general election for officers is held. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 9 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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| 10 | 10 | | follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (c) A home-rule city may implement a [the] change authorized |
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| 12 | 12 | | by this section [Subsection (a)] or provide for the election of all |
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| 13 | 13 | | members of the governing body at the same election through the |
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| 14 | 14 | | adoption of a resolution. The change contained in the resolution |
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| 15 | 15 | | supersedes a city charter provision that requires a different |
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| 16 | 16 | | general election date or that requires the terms of members of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | governing body to be staggered. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (f) The governing body of a city with a population of 9,000 |
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| 19 | 19 | | or less, located predominantly in a county that has a total area of |
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| 20 | 20 | | less than 4,800 square miles, that has adopted a council-manager |
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| 21 | 21 | | form of government and that holds its general election for officers |
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| 22 | 22 | | on a date other than the November uniform election date may, not |
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| 23 | 23 | | later than December 31, 2024, change the date on which it holds its |
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| 24 | 24 | | general election for officers to the November uniform election |
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| 25 | 25 | | date. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) apply to the change of an |
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| 26 | 26 | | election date under this subsection. This subsection expires |
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| 27 | 27 | | January 1, 2025. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | 31 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2258 passed the Senate on |
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| 32 | 32 | | April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2258 passed the House on |
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| 36 | 36 | | May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 11, |
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| 37 | 37 | | two present not voting. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | Approved: |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Date |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Governor |
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