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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of runoff elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise |
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provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday |
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designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or |
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later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main |
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election is completed]. |
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(e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this |
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section for a runoff election: |
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(1) must be: |
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(A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date |
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of the main election; and |
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(B) not later than the 45th day after the date of |
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the main election; and |
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(2) may not: |
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(A) be a national or state holiday under Section |
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1.006(f); or |
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(B) have an early voting period that includes a |
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national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f). |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |