By: Johnson, West  S.B. No. 1494
         (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,
  Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to
  change the date of their general elections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The governing body of a political subdivision, other
  than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general
  election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
  election date may, not later than December 31, 2026 [2016], change
  the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the
  November uniform election date.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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