By Craddick                                           H.B. No. 3229
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a declaration for write-in candidacy for director of
 1-3     the Midland County Hospital District.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 5A(c), Chapter 112, Acts of the 65th
 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1977, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed with
 1-8     the secretary of the board of directors not later than 5 p.m. of
 1-9     the fifth day after the date an application for a place on the
1-10     ballot is required to be filed in the election [30th day before
1-11     election day].  However, if a candidate whose name is to appear on
1-12     the ballot dies or is declared ineligible after the 43rd [33rd] day
1-13     before election day, a declaration of write-in candidacy for the
1-14     office sought by the deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed
1-15     not later than 5 p.m. of the 37th [27th] day before election day.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.