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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to change the |
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date of the general election for officers. |
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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 (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) The governing body of a city that is intersected by |
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State Highway 195 and Interstate Highway 14 and that holds its |
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general election for officers on a uniform election date in May may, |
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not later than December 31, 2024, change the date on which it holds |
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its general election for officers to the uniform election date in |
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November. This subsection expires January 1, 2025. |
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(c) A home-rule city may implement a [the] change authorized |
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by this section [Subsection (a)] or provide for the election of all |
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members of the governing body at the same election through the |
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adoption of a resolution. The change contained in the resolution |
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supersedes a city charter provision that requires a different |
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general election date or that requires the terms of members of the |
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governing body to be staggered. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |