By: King of Hemphill (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 1631

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017; May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

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.

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