By: Johnson, Fallon S.B. No. 1913

(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 19, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 2, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 2, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1913 By: Zaffirini

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

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

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

(f) The governing body of a city with a population of 1.18 million or more, located predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000 square miles, that has adopted a council-manager form of government and that holds its general election for officers on a date other than the November uniform election date may, not later than December 31, 2020, change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the November uniform election date. This subsection expires January 1, 2021.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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