Bill Text: TX HB3613 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the election of the entire governing body of a municipality following each apportionment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3613 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3613-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3613 | ||
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| relating to the election of the entire governing body of a | ||
| municipality following each apportionment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 21.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.006. ELECTION OF ENTIRE GOVERNING BODY UPON | ||
| APPORTIONMENT. (a) A municipality that is divided into districts, | ||
| wards, or other areas from which members of its governing body are | ||
| elected shall elect all members of the municipality's governing | ||
| body following each apportionment on the first uniform election | ||
| date that allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of | ||
| law. | ||
| (b) If members of the governing body of a municipality | ||
| described by Subsection (a) serve staggered terms, the municipality | ||
| shall adopt an equitable process to determine which members of the | ||
| governing body serve shorter terms to accommodate an election | ||
| following apportionment that accounts for the remaining time in | ||
| each member's term and whether the term of any member elected from a | ||
| particular district, ward, or area was previously shortened under | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3613 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 5, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3613 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
