Bill Text: TX HB365 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to holding elections on uniform election dates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB365 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB365-Introduced.html
86R241 SRS-D | ||
By: Cain | H.B. No. 365 |
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relating to holding elections on uniform election dates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 41.253(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The transitional board of trustees shall divide the | ||
consolidated district into nine single-member trustee districts in | ||
accordance with the procedures provided by Section 11.052. The | ||
transitional board shall order an election for the initial board of | ||
trustees to be held on the first November [ |
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date in an even-numbered year after the effective date of a | ||
consolidation order. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 in an even-numbered year. | ||
(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 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0051. ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS. Notwithstanding any | ||
other law, an election for the issuance of bonds by a political | ||
subdivision shall be held on the uniform election date in an | ||
even-numbered year. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision[ |
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general election for officers on a date other than the November | ||
uniform election date in an even-numbered year shall [ |
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later than December 31, 2019 [ |
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holds its general election for officers to the November uniform | ||
election date in an even-numbered year in a manner that does not | ||
cause an officer's term to exceed any applicable constitutional | ||
limits. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 43.007(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to | ||
allow each commissioners court participating in the program to | ||
eliminate county election precinct polling places and establish | ||
countywide polling places for: | ||
(1) each general election for state and county | ||
officers; | ||
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election if: | ||
(A) the county chair or county executive | ||
committee of each political party participating in a joint primary | ||
election under Section 172.126 agrees to the use of countywide | ||
polling places; or | ||
(B) the county chair or county executive | ||
committee of each political party required to nominate candidates | ||
by primary election agrees to use the same countywide polling | ||
places; and | ||
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located in the county that is held jointly with an election | ||
described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3)[ |
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SECTION 6. Section 49.103(b), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Unless a district holds its general election for | ||
officers on a date as otherwise provided by statute, after | ||
confirmation of a district, an election shall be held on the uniform | ||
election date, provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, [ |
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directors. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 56.804(a), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The election shall be held on the [ |
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SECTION 8. The following laws are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 11.0581, Education Code; and | ||
(2) Sections 41.001(c) and (d), 41.0052(e), | ||
41.007(d), 42.002(c), 67.003(b), and 85.001(e), Election Code. | ||
SECTION 9. 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 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |