1-1 By: Madden, Keel, Naishtat, Kuempel H.B. No. 440 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 26, 2001; 1-4 March 27, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-5 Intergovernmental Relations; April 17, 2001, reported favorably by 1-6 the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 17, 2001, sent to 1-7 printer.) 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to an uncontested election for a trustee of a library 1-11 district. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 326, Local Government Code, 1-14 is amended by adding Sections 326.0431 and 326.0432 to read as 1-15 follows: 1-16 Sec. 326.0431. WRITE-IN CANDIDACIES. Write-in votes may be 1-17 counted only for names appearing on a list of write-in candidates, 1-18 in the manner that Subchapter C, Chapter 146, Election Code, 1-19 provides for counting write-in votes for city officers. 1-20 Sec. 326.0432. ELECTION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE. Subchapter 1-21 C, Chapter 2, Election Code, applies to the election of an 1-22 unopposed candidate for the office of trustee after the election of 1-23 the initial members of the board of trustees. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-25 applies only to an election for the office of trustee scheduled to 1-26 be held on or after that date. 1-27 * * * * *