88R21836 MLH-D
 
  By: Bucy H.B. No. 371
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 371:
 
  By:  Manuel C.S.H.B. No. 371
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the date of runoff elections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise
  provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday
  designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or
  later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main
  election is completed].
         (e)  A date designated by the secretary of state under this
  section for a runoff election:
               (1)  must be:
                     (A)  not earlier than the 30th day after the date
  of the main election; and
                     (B)  not later than the 45th day after the date of
  the main election; and
               (2)  may not:
                     (A)  be a national or state holiday under Section
  1.006(f); or
                     (B)  have an early voting period that includes a
  national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f).
         SECTION 2.  Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.