By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1109

(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2017; March 7, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 25, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 25, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain municipalities to change the date of the general election for officers.

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

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

(a-1) The governing body of a municipality that is intersected by State Highway 171 and U.S. Highway 377 and that holds its general election for officers on the November uniform election date may, not later than December 31, 2018, change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the May uniform election date. This subsection expires January 1, 2019.

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, 2017.

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