1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an uncontested election for a trustee of a library 1-3 district. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 326, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Sections 326.0431 and 326.0432 to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 Sec. 326.0431. WRITE-IN CANDIDACIES. Write-in votes may be 1-9 counted only for names appearing on a list of write-in candidates, 1-10 in the manner that Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code, 1-11 provides for counting write-in votes for city officers. 1-12 Sec. 326.0432. ELECTION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE. Subchapter 1-13 C, Chapter 2, Election Code, applies to the election of an 1-14 unopposed candidate for the office of trustee after the election of 1-15 the initial members of the board of trustees. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-17 applies only to an election for the office of trustee scheduled to 1-18 be held on or after that date. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 440 was passed by the House on March 22, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 440 was passed by the Senate on May 1, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor