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By: Metcalf, Toth (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) |
H.B. No. 977 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021; |
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April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local |
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Government; May 5, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 5, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board |
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of directors for the Montgomery County Hospital District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1063.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1063.053. BALLOT PETITION. A person who wants to have |
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the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director |
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must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that |
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action. The petition must be: |
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(1) signed by at least 10 registered voters; and |
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(2) filed by the deadline imposed by Section 144.005, |
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Election Code [at least 25 days before the date of the election]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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