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CC Resolution No. 720 1199 RESOLUTION NO. 720 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AMEND THE ELECTION CODE TO ALLOW AN ALTERNATE ELECTION DATE TO THE FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL WHEN THAT DATE IS THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER. WHEREAS , the Texas Election Code article 2 . Olb limits the dates on which elections can be held, and makes the first Saturday in April the only date between January and August on which an election can be held; and WHEREAS, Easter periodically falls on the Sunday after election day; and WHEREAS, schools and many businesses make the period around Easter a holiday, and the Easter weekend is tradi- tionally a time for people to travel that results in many people being unable to vote on that weekend; and WHEREAS , holding an election on the day before Easter also works a hardship on precinct workers , election officials , and others involved in conducting an election by requiring them to work the day before Easter; and WHEREAS, it should be the desire and objective of government at all levels to promote and encourage partici- pation in elections , both by voting and working in them; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS : Section 1 : The City Council of the City of Baytown hereby requests that the Texas Legislature amend the Election Code to allow an alternate election date to the first Saturday in April whenever that date is the Saturday before Easter Sunday. Section 2 : This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. 1200 INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this the 13th day Of March 1980. YC�1 v��oy�A ME METT O. HUTTO,—Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: -SCJDTT BOUNDS, City Attorney -2-