By: Johnson, West  S.B. No. 1494          (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;   March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,   Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to   change the date of their general elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 41.0052(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The governing body of a political subdivision, other   than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general   election for officers on a date other than the November uniform   election date may, not later than December 31, 2026 [2016], change   the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the   November uniform election date.          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.     * * * * *