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| 1 | + | 88R33222 MLH-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Hughes S.R. No. 706 | |
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| 5 | + | R E S O L U T I O N | |
| 5 | 6 | BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | |
| 6 | 7 | Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | |
| 7 | 8 | suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | |
| 8 | - | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | |
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| 9 | + | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House | |
| 10 | + | Bill 357 (the requirements to access the online tracker of an | |
| 11 | + | application for a ballot to be voted by mail and to the date of | |
| 11 | 12 | runoff elections) to consider and take action on the following | |
| 12 | 13 | matter: | |
| 13 | - | Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee | |
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| 14 | + | Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to | |
| 15 | + | add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate | |
| 15 | 16 | version of the bill by adding the following SECTIONS to the bill: | |
| 16 | 17 | SECTION 1. Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 17 | 18 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | |
| 18 | 19 | follows: | |
| 19 | 20 | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise | |
| 20 | - | provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a | |
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| 24 | - | (e) A date designated by the secretary of state under | |
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| 21 | + | provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday | |
| 22 | + | designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or | |
| 23 | + | later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main | |
| 24 | + | election is completed]. | |
| 25 | + | (e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this | |
| 26 | + | section for a runoff election: | |
| 26 | 27 | (1) must be: | |
| 27 | - | (A) not earlier than the 30th day after the | |
| 28 | - | date of the main election; and | |
| 29 | - | (B) not later than the 45th day after the date | |
| 28 | + | (A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date | |
| 30 | 29 | of the main election; and | |
| 30 | + | (B) not later than the 45th day after the date of | |
| 31 | + | the main election; and | |
| 31 | 32 | (2) may not: | |
| 32 | - | (A) be a national or state holiday under | |
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| 34 | - | (B) have an early voting period that includes | |
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| 33 | + | (A) be a national or state holiday under Section | |
| 34 | + | 1.006(f); or | |
| 35 | + | (B) have an early voting period that includes a | |
| 36 | + | national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f). | |
| 36 | 37 | SECTION 3. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed. | |
| 37 | 38 | Explanation: This change is necessary to provide for | |
| 38 | - | consistency and predictability in determining the date of a | |
| 39 | - | runoff election. | |
| 40 | - | _______________________________ | |
| 41 | - | President of the Senate | |
| 42 | - | I hereby certify that the | |
| 43 | - | above Resolution was adopted by | |
| 44 | - | the Senate on May 28, 2023, by the | |
| 45 | - | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 46 | - | _______________________________ | |
| 47 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 39 | + | consistency and predictability in determining the date of a runoff | |
| 40 | + | election. |