85R12406 SRS-F
 
  By: Elkins H.B. No. 2485
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the uniform election date.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 41.001(a) and (c), Election Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each
  general or special election in this state shall be held on one of
  the following dates:
               (1)  the first Saturday in May in an odd-numbered year;
  or
               (2)  [the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered
  year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a
  county; or
               [(3)]  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
  November.
         (c)  Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section
  41.0011 [or a runoff election following an election held under
  Subsection (a)(2)], an election may not be held within 30 days
  before or after the date of the general election for state and
  county officers, general primary election, or runoff primary
  election.
         SECTION 2.  Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The governing body of a political subdivision, other
  than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general
  election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
  election date may, not later than January 1, 2018 [December 31,
  2016], change the date on which it holds its general election for
  officers to the November uniform election date.
         SECTION 3.  Section 41.001(d), Election Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.