TITLE: Relating to the May uniform election date.

SUMMARY: Relating to the May uniform election date.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the May uniform election date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 41.001(a), Election Code, is amended 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 fourth Tuesday [first Saturday] in May in an odd-numbered year; (2) the fourth Tuesday [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. SECTION 2. Section 41.007(d), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Except as provided by Sections 41.001(a)(1) and (2), no [No] other election may be held on the date of a primary election. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.