By: Farney, et al.	H.B. No. 2354
	(Senate Sponsor - Schwertner)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
	May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE VOTE
	YeaNayAbsentPNV
	HuffmanX
	EllisX
	BirdwellX
	CreightonX
	EstesX
	FraserX
	NelsonX
	SchwertnerX
	ZaffiriniX
	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to changing the date of the May uniform election.
	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 first [second] Saturday in May in an
	odd-numbered year;
	(2)  the first [second] Saturday in May in an
	even-numbered year, for an election held by a political subdivision
	other than a county; or
	(3)  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
	November.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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