1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the period for filing a petition for a place on the
 1-3     ballot for the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital
 1-4     District.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 4.05(b), Chapter 550, Acts of the 71st
 1-7     Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (b)  The petition must be filed with the secretary not later
 1-9     than 5 p.m. of the 45th [31st] day before the date of the election.
1-10           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 119 was passed by the House on April
         27, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 119 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor