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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study regarding uniform election dates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The secretary of state shall conduct a study |
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to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of eliminating by 2013 |
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the uniform election date in May. |
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(b) In conducting the study, the secretary of state shall |
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consider: |
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(1) whether voting districts would need to be |
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consolidated if the uniform election date in May were eliminated; |
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(2) whether longer ballots would negatively affect |
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voter behavior; and |
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(3) any likely effects on local governments of |
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eliminating the uniform election date in May. |
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(c) The secretary of state shall develop recommendations on |
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how to mitigate or avoid any negative effects that may result from |
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eliminating the uniform election date in May. |
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(d) Following the study, the secretary of state shall file a |
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written report containing findings with the speaker of the house of |
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representatives and the lieutenant governor not later than December |
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1, 2010. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |