1. (a) The general primary election date is the first Tuesday in March in each even-numbered year.
2. (b) The runoff primary election date is the fourth Tuesday in May following the general primary election.
3. (c) The presidential primary election date is the first Tuesday in March in each presidential election year.
4. (d) No other election may be held on the date of a primary election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 292, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2004;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 1, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.