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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.             ______________________________ ______________________________      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.       ______________________________   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.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor