By: Johnson, West S.B. No. 1494
(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to
change the date of their general elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other
than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general
election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
election date may, not later than December 31, 2026 [2016], change
the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the
November uniform election date.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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