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

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

FULL TEXT:
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 1.18 million or more, located predominantly in a county that has a total area of less than 1,000 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, 2020, change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the November uniform election date. This subsection expires January 1, 2021. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.