By: Springer  S.B. No. 2620
         (In the Senate - Filed April 27, 2023; April 27, 2023, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 5, 2023,
  reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0;
  May 5, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to authorizing certain political subdivisions 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-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality wholly
  or partly located in a county with a population of more than 19,900
  and less than 20,000 that 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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