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Relating to authorizing certain cities and counties to change the date on which their general election for officers is held, the official text

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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
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