HB1519 - Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase.

  89R1496 MLH-D     By: Schofield H.B. No. 1519       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance   of bonds or a tax increase.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows:           Sec.   41.0051.     ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS OR INCREASE TAXES.     (a)   An election for the issuance of bonds or other debt or a tax   increase shall be held on the November uniform election date.           (b)     Notwithstanding Section 41.0011, an election described   by Subsection (a) may not be held as an emergency election under   that section.           (c)     If a law outside this code requires an election   described by Subsection (a) to be held on a date other than the   November uniform election date, the authority administering the   election shall set the election date to comply with this section.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by 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 in effect when the election was ordered.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.