1-1 By: Bosse (Senate Sponsor - Shelley) H.B. No. 564 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 17, 1993; 1-3 March 18, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Natural Resources; April 16, 1993, reported adversely, with 1-5 favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 1-6 0; April 16, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-9 Sims x 1-10 Truan x 1-11 Armbrister x 1-12 Barrientos x 1-13 Bivins x 1-14 Brown x 1-15 Carriker x 1-16 Lucio x 1-17 Montford x 1-18 Ratliff x 1-19 Shelley x 1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 564 By: Bosse 1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-22 AN ACT 1-23 relating to write-in candidacy in certain water district elections. 1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-25 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 50, Water Code, is amended 1-26 by adding Section 50.004 to read as follows: 1-27 Sec. 50.004. WRITE-IN VOTING IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) In 1-28 a general election for board members under Chapter 51, 52, 53, or 1-29 54 of this code, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name 1-30 written in appears on the list of write-in candidates. 1-31 (b) To be entitled to a place on the list of write-in 1-32 candidates, a candidate must make a declaration of write-in 1-33 candidacy. 1-34 (c) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed with 1-35 the authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot is 1-36 required to be filed in the election. 1-37 (d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not 1-38 later than 5 p.m. of the 30th day before election day. However, if 1-39 a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot dies or is 1-40 declared ineligible after the 33rd day before election day, a 1-41 declaration of write-in candidacy for the office sought by the 1-42 deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not later than 5 p.m. 1-43 of the 27th day before election day. 1-44 (e) Subchapter B, Chapter 146, Election Code, applies to 1-45 write-in voting in a general election for board members except to 1-46 the extent of a conflict with this section. 1-47 (f) The secretary of state shall adopt the rules necessary 1-48 to implement this section. 1-49 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-50 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-51 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-52 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-53 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-54 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-55 * * * * * 1-56 Austin, 1-57 Texas 1-58 April 16, 1993 1-59 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-60 President of the Senate 1-61 Sir: 1-62 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred H.B. 1-63 No. 564, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed 1-64 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 1-65 not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof 1-66 do pass and be printed. 1-67 Truan, 1-68 Vice-Chairman 2-1 * * * * * 2-2 WITNESSES 2-3 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 564.