Bill Text: TX HB3049 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the uniform election date.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-08 - Left pending in committee [HB3049 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3049-Introduced.html
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By: Springer | H.B. No. 3049 |
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relating to the uniform election date. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 41.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are | ||
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 [ |
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November. | ||
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to: | ||
(1) a runoff election; | ||
(2) an election to resolve a tie vote; | ||
(3) an election held under an order of a court or other | ||
tribunal; | ||
(4) an emergency election ordered under Section | ||
41.0011; | ||
(5) an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the | ||
legislature held under Section 203.013; | ||
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governing body of a newly incorporated city. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 41.001(c) and (d) and Section 41.0052, | ||
Election Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to an election ordered on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. An election ordered before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |