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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the uniform election date. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 41.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are |
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amended to 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 second Saturday in May in an odd-numbered
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year;
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[(2)
the second Saturday in May in an even-numbered
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year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a
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county; or
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[(3)] the first Tuesday after the first Monday in |
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November. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to: |
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(1) a runoff election; |
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(2) an election to resolve a tie vote; |
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(3) an election held under an order of a court or other |
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tribunal; |
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(4) an emergency election ordered under Section |
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41.0011; |
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(5) an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the |
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legislature held under Section 203.013; |
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[(6)
an election held under a statute that expressly
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provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to
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the election;] or |
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(6) [(7)] the initial election of the members of the |
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governing body of a newly incorporated city. |
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SECTION 2. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other |
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than a county, that holds its general election for officers on a |
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date other than the November uniform election date shall [may], not |
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later than January 1, 2016 [December 31, 2012], change the date on |
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which it holds its general election for officers to the November |
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uniform election date. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 41.001(c) and (d) and Section |
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41.0052(e), Election Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |