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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which |
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their general election for officers is held. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) A home-rule city may implement a [the] change authorized |
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by this section [Subsection (a)] or provide for the election of all |
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members of the governing body at the same election through the |
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adoption of a resolution. The change contained in the resolution |
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supersedes a city charter provision that requires a different |
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general election date or that requires the terms of members of the |
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governing body to be staggered. |
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(f) The governing body of a city with a population of 9,000 |
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or less, located predominantly in a county that has a total area of |
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less than 4,800 square miles, that has adopted a council-manager |
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form of government and that holds its general election for officers |
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on a date other than the November uniform election date shall, not |
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later than December 31, 2024, change the date on which it holds its |
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general election for officers to the November uniform election |
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date. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) apply to the change of an |
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election date under this subsection. This subsection expires |
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January 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |