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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of runoff elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2.025(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise |
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provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on the sixth |
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Saturday [not earlier than the 20th or later than the 45th day] |
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after the date [the final canvass] of the main election [is |
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completed]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |