By Moreno H.B. No. 567
74R2371 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to primary election dates and procedures and related
1-3 dates.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each
1-8 general or special election in this state shall be held on one of
1-9 the following dates:
1-10 (1) the third Saturday in January;
1-11 (2) the fourth Saturday in March <first Saturday in
1-12 May>;
1-13 (3) the second Saturday in August; or
1-14 (4) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
1-15 November.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-17 read as follows:
1-18 (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than
1-19 a county may, not later than December 31, 1995 <1993>, change the
1-20 date on which it holds its general election for officers to another
1-21 authorized uniform election date. An election on the new date may
1-22 not be held before 1996 <1994>.
1-23 SECTION 3. Sections 41.007(a), (b), and (c), Election Code,
1-24 are amended to read as follows:
2-1 (a) The general primary election date is the first Saturday
2-2 in May <second Tuesday in March> in each even-numbered year.
2-3 (b) The runoff primary election date is the first Saturday
2-4 in June <second Tuesday in April> following the general primary
2-5 election.
2-6 (c) The presidential primary election date is the first
2-7 Saturday in May <second Tuesday in March> in each presidential
2-8 election year.
2-9 SECTION 4. Section 172.023(a), Election Code, is amended to
2-10 read as follows:
2-11 (a) An application for a place on the general primary
2-12 election ballot must be filed not later than 6 p.m. on the first
2-13 Monday in February <January 2> in the primary election year unless
2-14 the filing deadline is extended under Subchapter C.
2-15 SECTION 5. The term of a person who is serving as a county
2-16 or precinct chairman on the effective date of this Act ends on the
2-17 20th day after the first Saturday in June 1996.
2-18 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-19 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.