Bill Text: TX SB1913 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1913 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Reported favorably as substituted [SB1913 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1913-Introduced.html

	86R11795 ATP-D

	By: Johnson	S.B. No. 1913



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requiring certain cities to hold elections on the
	November 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 first Saturday in May in an odd-numbered year,
	for an election other than an election held by a city with a
	population of 1.18 million or more, located predominantly in a
	county that has a total area of less than 1,000 square miles, that
	has adopted a council-manager form of government;
	(2) the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered
	year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a
	city with a population of 1.18 million or more, located
	predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000
	square miles, that has adopted a council-manager form of
	government, or a county; or
	(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
	November.
	SECTION 2. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f) The governing body of a city with a population of 1.18
	million or more, located predominantly in a county that has a total
	area of less than 1,000 square miles, that has adopted a
	council-manager form of government and that holds its general
	election for officers on a date other than the November uniform
	election date shall, not later than December 31, 2020, change the
	date on which it holds its general election for officers to the
	November uniform election date. This subsection expires January 1,
	2021.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.