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11 By: Johnson, West S.B. No. 1494
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2+ (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,
3+ read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
4+ March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
5+ Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
6+Click here to see the committee vote
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69 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
710 AN ACT
811 relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to
912 change the date of their general elections.
1013 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1114 SECTION 1. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
1215 read as follows:
1316 (a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other
1417 than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general
1518 election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
1619 election date may, not later than December 31, 2026 [2016], change
1720 the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the
1821 November uniform election date.
1922 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2023 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2124 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2225 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2326 Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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