HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Elections TIME & DATE: 2:00PM, Wednesday, April 14, 1999 PLACE: E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Debra Danburg ___________________________________________________________________________ HB 311 Madden / et al. Relating to the elimination of unnecessary county election precincts. HB 705 Shields Relating to the creation of the offenses of and providing for recovery of reasonable attorney's fees for falsely identifying a tax-exempt organization with political activity or endangering the tax-exempt status of an organization by unauthorized engaging in political activity in the name of the organization, and creating a private cause of action. HB 866 Puente Relating to determining the residence address of a candidate for public office. HB 927 Junell Relating to exempting certain counties from the requirement that presiding and alternate presiding election judges must be from different political parties. HB 940 King, Tracy Relating to the selection of election judges for county elections. HB 1548 Danburg Relating to the deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot, or for nomination by a convention, by an incumbent officeholder. HB 1577 Madden Relating to the period for early voting by personal appearance. HB 1698 Danburg Relating to certain early voting processes and procedures. HB 1711 Maxey Relating to the designation of polling places for certain elections. HB 2057 Yarbrough Relating to the form for an application for an early voting ballot to be voted by mail. HB 2862 Uher Relating to the appointment of election judges for county elections. HB 3712 Smithee Relating to the location of polling places and to ballots for write-in voting. ___________________________________________________________________________