77R10599 JMG-D
By Craddick H.B. No. 3229
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3229:
By Chisum C.S.H.B. No. 3229
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.