By Harris                                              S.B. No. 229
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                                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.