Amend HB 51 by adding an appropriately numbered section to
read as follows and by renumbering the existing sections as
appropriate:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 63, Water Code, is
amended by adding Section 63.0945 to read as follows:
      Sec. 63.0945.  WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. (a)  In an election to
elect a commissioner, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the
name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates.
      (b)  To be entitled to a place on the list of write-in
candidates, a candidate must make a declaration of write-in
candidacy.
      (c)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed with
the authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot is
required to be filed in the election.
      (d)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
later than 5 p.m. of the 45th day before election day.  However, if
a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot dies or is
declared ineligible after the 48th day before election day, a
declaration of write-in candidacy for the office sought by the
deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not later than 5 p.m.
of the 42nd day before election day.
      (e)  Subchapter B, Chapter 146, Election Code, applies to
write-in voting in an election to elect a commissioner except to
the extent of a conflict with this subchapter.