SB1209 - Relating to election dates.

      By: Hughes, Campbell S.B. No. 1209     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to election dates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2.025(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise   provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Tuesday     [ Saturday ] designated by the secretary of state.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 41.001, Election Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 41.001.  UNIFORM ELECTION DATE [ DATES ].          SECTION 3.  Section 41.001, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (e) 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 Saturday in May in an odd-numbered   year;                [ (2)     the first Saturday in May in an even-numbered   year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a   county, or ordered by the governor; or                [ (3) ]  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in   November.          (c)  Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section   41.0011 [ or a runoff election following an election held under   Subsection (a)(2) ], an election may not be held within 30 days   before or after the date of the general election for state and   county officers, general primary election, or runoff primary   election.           (e)     Except for an election under Section 41.0011 or as   provided by Section 203.004(b), every election held in this state   shall be held on a Tuesday.          SECTION 4.  Section 41.004(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  If a law outside this code other than the constitution   requires a special election subject to Section 41.001(a) to be held   within a particular period after the occurrence of a certain event,   the election shall be held on the [ an ] authorized uniform election   date occurring within the period unless no uniform election date   within the period affords enough time to hold the election in the   manner required by law.  In that case, Section 41.001(a) does not   apply [ the election shall be held on the first authorized uniform   election date occurring after the expiration of the period ].          SECTION 5.  Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The governing body of a political subdivision[ , other   than a county or municipal utility district, ] that holds its   general election for officers on a date other than the November   uniform election date shall [ may ], not later than December 31, 2025   [ 2016 ], change the date on which it holds its general election for   officers to the November uniform election date.          SECTION 6.  Section 41.007(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The runoff primary election date is the second [ fourth ]   Tuesday in May following the general primary election.          SECTION 7.  Sections 203.013(c) and (e), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (c)  The election must be held on a Tuesday [ or Saturday ]   occurring not earlier than the 21st day or later than the 45th day   after the date the election is ordered.          (e)  If a runoff election is necessary, it must be held on a   Tuesday [ or Saturday ] occurring not earlier than the 12th day or   later than the 25th day after the date the election is ordered.          SECTION 8.  The following provisions of the Election Code   are repealed:                (1)  Section 41.001(d);                (2)  Section 41.0052(a-1), as added by Chapter 1160   (S.B. 1131), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;                (3)  Section 41.0052(a-1), as added by Chapter 985   (S.B. 2620), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023;   and                (4)  Section 85.001(e).          SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.