1-1 By: Luna S.B. No. 830
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1993; March 11, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics;
1-4 March 15, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
1-5 Nays 0; March 15, 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 runoff election dates for certain political
1-18 subdivisions.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. (a) Each political subdivision of this state
1-21 holding its general election for officers on May 1, 1993, shall
1-22 hold any resulting runoff election on the date ordered by the
1-23 governor for the runoff in the special election to fill a vacancy
1-24 in the United States Senate.
1-25 (b) If under this section a runoff election is held on a
1-26 date other than a date prescribed by other law, the schedule for
1-27 performing any official act relating to the election shall be
1-28 adjusted to allow the same interval in relation to the date of the
1-29 election as would be provided by application of the other law.
1-30 (c) The period for early voting by personal appearance in
1-31 the political subdivision's runoff election begins on the date that
1-32 early voting by personal appearance begins for the runoff in the
1-33 special election to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate.
1-34 (d) This section supersedes other law to the extent of any
1-35 conflict.
1-36 SECTION 2. If a runoff is not required in the special
1-37 election to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate, this Act
1-38 has no effect.
1-39 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-44 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-45 passage, and it is so enacted.
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1-47 Austin,
1-48 Texas
1-49 March 15, 1993
1-50 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-51 President of the Senate
1-52 Sir:
1-53 We, your Subcommittee on Elections and Ethics to which was referred
1-54 S.B. No. 830, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-55 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-56 that it do pass and be printed.
1-57 Carriker,
1-58 Chairman
1-59 * * * * *
1-60 WITNESSES
1-61 FOR AGAINST ON
1-62 ___________________________________________________________________
1-63 Name: Ann McGeehan x
1-64 Representing: The Secretary of State
1-65 City: Austin
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1-67 Name: Dana DeBeauvoir x
1-68 Representing: Herself, County Clerk
2-1 City: Austin
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2-3 Name: Lesley Thompson x
2-4 Representing: Travis Cnty Clerk Elect.
2-5 Div.
2-6 City: Austin
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2-8 Name: Steven Barton x
2-9 Representing: Travis Cnty Clerk Elect.
2-10 Div.
2-11 City: Austin
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2-13 Name: Betty G. Brown x
2-14 Representing: Herself
2-15 City: Leander
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