H.B. No. 200
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to election of the board of directors of the Reeves County
1-3 Hospital District.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 4.05(a), Chapter 11, Acts of the 70th
1-6 Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1987, is amended to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) A person who wishes to have his name printed on the
1-9 ballot as a candidate for director must file an application with
1-10 the secretary of the board of directors <not later than the 31st
1-11 day before the date of the election>.
1-12 SECTION 2. Chapter 11, Acts of the 70th Legislature, 2nd
1-13 Called Session, 1987, is amended by adding Section 4.05A to read as
1-14 follows:
1-15 Sec. 4.05A. ELECTIONS. Except as otherwise provided by this
1-16 Act, an election held under this Act must be held in compliance
1-17 with the applicable provisions of the Election Code.
1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-24 passage, and it is so enacted.