85R4394 SRS-F     By: Perry S.B. No. 363       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the uniform election dates for certain political   subdivisions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 41.001(b) and (c), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to:                (1)  a runoff election;                (2)  an election to resolve a tie vote;                (3)  an election held under an order of a court or other   tribunal;                (4)  an emergency election ordered under Section   41.0011;                (5)  an expedited election to fill a vacancy in the   legislature held under Section 203.013; or                (6)  [an election held under a statute that expressly   provides that the requirement of Subsection (a) does not apply to   the election; or                [(7)]  the initial election of the members of the   governing body of a newly incorporated city.          (c)  Except for an election under Subsection (a) or Section   41.0011 or 41.005(a-1), or a runoff election following an election   held under Subsection (a)(2) or Section 41.005(a-1), an election   may not be held within 30 days before or after the date of the   general election for state and county officers, general primary   election, or runoff primary election.          SECTION 2.  Section 41.005, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  In addition to the election dates prescribed by   Section 41.001, a general election held by a political subdivision   other than a county may be held on the first Tuesday in March.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.