Bill Text: TX HB2354 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to changing the date of the May uniform election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2354 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2354-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2354

AN ACT
relating to changing the date of the May uniform election.
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 [second] Saturday in May in an
odd-numbered year;
(2) the first [second] Saturday in May in an
even-numbered year, for an election held by a political subdivision
other than a county; or
(3) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2354 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2354 was passed by the Senate on May
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor