Bill Text: TX HB3050 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the date on which county elections are held.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Elections [HB3050 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3050-Introduced.html
  83R8800 JRJ-D
 
  By: Springer H.B. No. 3050
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the date on which county elections are held.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 41.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 41.003.  OTHER COUNTY ELECTIONS. (a) An election held
  by a county shall be held on the November uniform election date.
         (b)  This section does not apply to:
               (1)  an election described by Section 41.001(b); or
               (2)  the general election for state and county
  officers.
         SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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