1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to allowing certain political subdivisions to change the
1-3 date of the general election for officers.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than
1-8 a county may, not later than December 31, 1999 [1997], change the
1-9 date on which it holds its general election for officers to another
1-10 authorized uniform election date. An election on the new date may
1-11 not be held before 2000 [1998].
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3257 was passed by the House on May
11, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3257 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor