By: Fraser S.B. No. 733

(In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2015; March 2, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 28, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 28, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other than a county, that holds its general election for officers on a date other than the November uniform election date may, not later than December 31, 2016 [2012], change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the November uniform election date.

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, 2015.

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