By Harris S.B. No. 229
77R2480 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the date for holding elections in certain cities.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 41.001(b), Election Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:
1-7 (1) a runoff election;
1-8 (2) a local option election held under the Alcoholic
1-9 Beverage Code;
1-10 (3) an election for the issuance or assumption of
1-11 bonds or the levy of a tax for the maintenance of a public school
1-12 or college, if the governing body of the political subdivision
1-13 issuing or assuming the bonds or levying the tax, by resolution,
1-14 order, or ordinance, finds that holding the election on a date
1-15 other than a uniform election date is in the public interest, which
1-16 finding is conclusive and incontestable;
1-17 (4) an election to resolve a tie vote;
1-18 (5) an election held under an order of a court or
1-19 other tribunal;
1-20 (6) an emergency election ordered under Section
1-21 41.0011;
1-22 (7) an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the
1-23 legislature held under Section 203.013;
1-24 (8) an election held by a political subdivision using
2-1 the convention method of election;
2-2 (9) an election held under a statute that expressly
2-3 provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to
2-4 the election; [or]
2-5 (10) an election to recall an officer of a political
2-6 subdivision; or
2-7 (11) a general or special election of officers of a
2-8 general-law city if the city's governing body determines that the
2-9 religious beliefs of more than 50 percent of the registered voters
2-10 of the city prohibit voting on Saturday.
2-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.