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89(R) SB 914 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
S.B. No. 914
AN ACT
relating to authorizing certain cities and counties 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 Subsections (f) and (g) 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.
(g)
The governing body of a county with a population of
425,000 or more, that is adjacent to a county with a population of
3.3 million or more, that contains a portion of the San Jacinto
River, 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.
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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 914 passed the Senate on
March 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 5, 2025, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 914 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor