1-1 By: Marchant (Senate Sponsor - Luna) H.B. No. 565
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 1993;
1-3 April 19, 1993, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on
1-4 Elections and Ethics; May 10, 1993, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 10, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Carriker x
1-9 Harris of Dallas x
1-10 Ellis x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 Wentworth x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to exceptions to the requirement that elections be held on
1-18 uniform election dates.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Section 41.001(b), Election Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:
1-23 (1) a runoff election;
1-24 (2) a local option election held under the Alcoholic
1-25 Beverage Code;
1-26 (3) an election for the issuance or assumption of
1-27 bonds or the levy of a tax for the maintenance of a public school
1-28 or college, if the governing body of the political subdivision
1-29 issuing or assuming the bonds or levying the tax, by resolution,
1-30 order, or ordinance, finds that holding the election on a date
1-31 other than a uniform election date is in the public interest, which
1-32 finding is conclusive and incontestable;
1-33 (4) an election to resolve a tie vote;
1-34 (5) an election held under an order of a court or
1-35 other tribunal;
1-36 (6) an emergency election ordered under Section
1-37 41.0011;
1-38 (7) an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the
1-39 legislature held under Section 203.013;
1-40 (8) an election held by a political subdivision using
1-41 the convention method of election; <or>
1-42 (9) an election held under a statute that expressly
1-43 provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to
1-44 the election; or
1-45 (10) an election to recall an officer of a political
1-46 subdivision.
1-47 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-48 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-49 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-50 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-51 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-52 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-54 Austin,
1-55 Texas
1-56 May 10, 1993
1-57 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-58 President of the Senate
1-59 Sir:
1-60 We, your Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics to which was referred
1-61 H.B. No. 565, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-62 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-63 that it do pass and be printed.
1-64 Carriker,
1-65 Chairman
1-66 * * * * *
1-67 WITNESSES
1-68 FOR AGAINST ON
2-1 ___________________________________________________________________
2-2 Name: Greg Solomon x
2-3 Representing: Town of Addison
2-4 City: Addison
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2-6 Name: Tom Harrison x
2-7 Representing: Sec. of State John Hannah
2-8 City: Austin
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