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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 (c), 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 first Saturday in May in an odd-numbered year; |
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or |
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(2) [the first 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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(c) Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section |
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41.0011 [or a runoff election following an election held under
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Subsection (a)(2)], an election may not be held within 30 days |
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before or after the date of the general election for state and |
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county officers, general primary election, or runoff primary |
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election. |
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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 or municipal utility district, that holds its general |
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election for officers on a date other than the November uniform |
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election date may, not later than January 1, 2018 [December 31,
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2016], change the date on which it holds its general election for |
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officers to the November uniform election date. |
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SECTION 3. Section 41.001(d), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |