82R4587 CJC-F
 
  By: Lewis H.B. No. 969
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector
 
  County Hospital District.
         
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
         SECTION 1.  Section 1024.053, Special District Local Laws
 
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         
         Sec. 1024.053.  BALLOT PETITION. A person who wants to have
 
  the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director
 
  must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that
 
  action.  The petition must:
               
               (1)  be signed by at least 50 registered voters of the
 
  district as determined by the most recent official list of
 
  registered voters;
               
               (2)  be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the 62nd [45th]
 
  day before the date of the election; and
               
               (3)  specify the commissioners precinct the candidate
 
  wants to represent or specify that the candidate wants to represent
 
  the district at large.
         
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.