HB4005 - Relating to the election dates for certain special and runoff elections.

  89R13151 MLH-D     By: Money H.B. No. 4005       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the election dates for certain special and runoff   elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2.025(d), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (d)  A runoff election for a special election [ to fill a   vacancy in Congress or a special election to fill a vacancy in the   legislature ], except an election ordered as an emergency election   under Section 41.0011 or an election held as an expedited election   under Section 203.013, shall be held not [ earlier than the 70th day   or ] later than the 30th [ 77th ] day after the date the final canvass   of the main election is completed.          SECTION 2.  Section 41.007(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The runoff primary election date is the fourth Tuesday   [ in May ] following the general primary election.          SECTION 3.  Section 203.004(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a special election   shall be held not later than the 90th day after the date the vacancy   occurs, unless the vacancy occurs on or after the 120th day before   and not later than the 36th day before the date of the next uniform   election date, in which case the special election shall be held on   the first uniform election date occurring on or after the 36th day   after the date the election is ordered.          SECTION 4.  This Act applies only to an election ordered on   or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.