By: King of Hemphill (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 294

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019; April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 294 By: Nichols

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board of directors of the Muleshoe Area Hospital District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1068.053, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1068.053. 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 for a place on the ballot [a petition requesting that action]. The application [petition] must:

(1) [be signed by at least 25 registered voters of the district as determined by the most recent official list of registered voters;

[(2)] be filed not later than the 31st day before the date of the election; and

(2) [(3)] specify the place for which the person is to be a candidate.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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