By Smith H.B. No. 114
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the filing of a declaration of write-in candidacy in
1-3 elections for trustees of independent school districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11.056(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
1-8 later than 5 p.m. of the 45th [fifth] day before election day.
1-9 However, if a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot dies
1-10 or is declared ineligible after the 48th day before election day, a
1-11 declaration of write-in candidacy for the office sought by the
1-12 deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not later than 5 p.m.
1-13 of the 42nd day before election day [after the date an application
1-14 for a place on the ballot is required to be filed].
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.