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Texas House Bill HB1638

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22 By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 1638
3- Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1638:
4- By: Shaheen C.S.H.B. No. 1638
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97 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
108 AN ACT
119 relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which
1210 their general election for officers is held.
1311 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14- SECTION 1. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by
15- adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
12+ SECTION 1. Section 41.0052(f), Election Code, is amended to
13+ read as follows:
1614 (f) The governing body of a city with a population of 9,000
1715 or less, located predominantly in a county that has a total area of
18- less than 6,200 square miles, that has adopted a council-manager
19- form of government and that holds its general election for officers
20- on a date other than the November uniform election date may, not
21- later than December 31, 2026, change the date on which it holds its
22- general election for officers to the November uniform election
23- date. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) apply to the change of an
24- election date under this subsection. This subsection expires
25- January 1, 2027.
16+ less than 6,200 [4,800] square miles, that has adopted a
17+ council-manager form of government and that holds its general
18+ election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
19+ election date may, not later than December 31, 2026 [2024], change
20+ the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the
21+ November uniform election date. Subsections (b), (c), and (d)
22+ apply to the change of an election date under this
23+ subsection. This subsection expires January 1, 2027 [2025].
2624 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2725 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2826 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2927 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3028 Act takes effect September 1, 2025.