HB1638 - Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

  89R17581 LRM-D     By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 1638     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1638:     By:  Shaheen C.S.H.B. No. 1638       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which   their general election for officers is held.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  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 9,000   or less, located predominantly in a county that has a total area of   less than 6,200 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 may, not   later than December 31, 2026, change the date on which it holds its   general election for officers to the November uniform election   date.   Subsections (b), (c), and (d) apply to the change of an   election date under this subsection.   This subsection expires   January 1, 2027.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.