By: Bucy, Plesa (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 371

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the date of runoff elections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed].

(e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this section for a runoff election:

(1) must be:

(A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date of the main election; and

(B) not later than the 45th day after the date of the main election; and

(2) may not:

(A) be a national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f); or

(B) have an early voting period that includes a national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f).

SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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