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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which |
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their general election for officers is held. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The governing body of a city with a population of 1.18 |
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million or more, located predominantly in a county that has a total |
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area of less than 1,000 square miles, that has adopted a |
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council-manager form of government and 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 December 31, 2020, change the date |
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on which it holds its general election for officers to the November |
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uniform election date. This subsection expires January 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |