By: Bohac H.B. No. 2183
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election date of proposed charter amendments in
home-rule municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.004(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The ordinance ordering the election shall provide for
the election to be held on the first authorized uniform election
date prescribed by the Election Code [or on the earlier of the date
of the next municipal general election or presidential general
election]. The election date must allow sufficient time to comply
with other requirements of law and must occur on or after the 30th
day after the date the ordinance is adopted. This subsection shall
apply to all charter amendment elections ordered to be held after
September 1, 2003.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.