Amend HB 1175 on third reading as follows:
      (1)  Strike Section 13 of the bill and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 13.  Chapter 202, Election Code, is amended by
amending Section 202.002 and by adding Section 202.008 to read as
follows:
      Sec. 202.002.  ]SVACANCY FILLED AT GENERAL ELECTION  .  (a)  If a
vacancy occurs on or before the 65th day before the date of the
general election for state and county officers, including the
nonpartisan judicial election, held in the next-to-last
even-numbered year of a term of office, the remainder of the
unexpired term shall be filled at the next such general election
<for state and county officers>, as provided by this chapter.
      (b)  If a vacancy occurs after the 65th day before the
applicable <a> general election day, an election for the unexpired
term may not be held at that general election.  The appointment to
fill the vacancy continues until the next succeeding applicable
general election and until a successor has been elected and has
qualified for the office.
      Sec. 202.008.  ]VFiling Deadline For Application of Nonpartisan
Judicial Candidate  .  (a)  If a vacancy in a nonpartisan judicial
office occurs on or before the 10th day before the date of the
regular deadline for filing an application for a place on the
nonpartisan judicial election ballot, an application for the
unexpired term must be filed by the regular filing deadline.
      (b)  If the vacancy occurs after the 10th day before the date
of the regular filing deadline, an application for the unexpired
term must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 15th day after the
date the vacancy occurs or 5 p.m. of the 60th day before election
day, whichever is earlier.
      (c)  The filing fee or petition requirements for a candidate
for an unexpired term are the same as for a candidate for a full
term.
      (2)  In Section 14 of the bill strike "January 1, 1998," and
substitute "September 1, 1997,".
      (3)  In Section 14 of the bill, at the end of the sentence
and immediately before the period, insert "or for the period for
which appointed, as applicable".
      (4)  Strike Section 15 of the bill and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 15.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.