79R5452 DRH-D
By: Denny H.B. No. 1801
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the uniform election date in May.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each
general or special election in this state shall be held on one of
the following dates:
(1) the first Saturday in February;
(2) the second [first] Saturday in May;
(3) the second Saturday in September; or
(4) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
SECTION 2. Section 67.003, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 67.003. TIME FOR LOCAL CANVASS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), each [Each] local canvassing authority
shall convene to conduct the local canvass at the time set by the
canvassing authority's presiding officer not earlier than the
eighth day or later than the 11th day after election day.
(b) For an election held on the uniform election date in
May, if no provisional ballots have been cast in the election, the
local canvass must occur not earlier than the third day or later
than the sixth day after election day.
SECTION 3. Section 85.001, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) For an election held on the uniform election date in
May, the period for early voting by personal appearance begins on
the 14th day before election day and continues through the fourth
day before election day.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.