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AN ACT
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relating to changing the date of the May uniform election. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each |
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general or special election in this state shall be held on one of |
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the following dates: |
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(1) the first [second] Saturday in May in an |
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odd-numbered year; |
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(2) the first [second] Saturday in May in an |
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even-numbered year, for an election held by a political subdivision |
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other than a county; or |
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(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in |
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November. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2354 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2354 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |