1-1     By:  West (Senate Sponsor - Duncan)                    H.B. No. 119
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the period for filing a petition for a place on the
1-10     ballot for the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital
1-11     District.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Section 4.05(b), Chapter 550, Acts of the 71st
1-14     Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
1-15           (b)  The petition must be filed with the secretary not later
1-16     than 5 p.m. of the 45th [31st] day before the date of the election.
1-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately.
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