By: Perry  S.B. No. 177
         (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2018; February 1, 2019,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; March 6, 2019, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 6, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot as a
  candidate for the board of directors of the Wilbarger County
  Hospital District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1113.053, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1113.053.  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 be[:
               [(1)  signed by at least 100 registered voters; and
               [(2)]  filed by the deadline imposed by Section
  144.005, Election Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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