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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to changing the date of an election during a declared |
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disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 41.0012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.0012. EMERGENCY REQUIRING POSTPONED ELECTION. (a) |
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This section applies only during a state of disaster or emergency |
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declared by the president of the United States or a state of |
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disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418, Government |
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Code. |
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(b) Unless otherwise ordered by the governor, the governing |
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body of a political subdivision, other than a county, that holds an |
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election on a date other than the November uniform election date may |
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postpone the election to the third Saturday in August. |
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(c) A governing body postponing an election under this |
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section shall adjust the terms of office to conform to the new |
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election date. |
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(d) A change authorized under this section adopted in a |
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resolution by a home-rule city supersedes a city charter provision |
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to the extent of any conflict. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an election ordered on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An election ordered before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |