85R8743 JCG-D
 
  By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 1631
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an election of the board of directors of the Ochiltree
  County Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1071.053, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1071.053.  BALLOT APPLICATION [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 an application in
  accordance with Chapter 144, Election Code [a petition requesting
  that action. The petition must be:
               [(1) signed by at least 25 registered voters; and
               [(2) filed not later than the 25th day before the date
  of the election].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.