88R1218 MLH-D

By: Guillen H.B. No. 1210

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the May uniform election date.

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

SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each general or special election in this state shall be held on one of the following dates:

(1) the fourth Tuesday [first Saturday] in May in an odd-numbered year;

(2) the fourth Tuesday [first Saturday] in May in an even-numbered year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a county, or ordered by the governor; or

(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

SECTION 2. Section 41.007(d), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) Except as provided by Sections 41.001(a)(1) and (2), no [No] other election may be held on the date of a primary election.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.