By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 447
(In the Senate - Filed November 21, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 17, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; March 17, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date
on which their general election for officers is held.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality on the
Texas-Mexico border with a population of more than 85,000 that
hosts the annual Texas Citrus Fiesta and holds its general election
for officers on a date other than the November uniform election date
may change the date on which it holds its general election for
officers to the November uniform election date. A municipality
described by this subsection that changes the date of its election
under this subsection may not change the date on which it holds its
general election for officers to a date other than the November
uniform election date.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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