BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 969 By: Lewis County Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a petition to be placed on the ballot as a candidate for member of the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District must be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 45th day before the date of the election. H.B. 969 seeks to change this deadline to not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 62nd day before the date of the election. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 969 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to change the deadline by which a petition requesting a person's name be printed on the ballot as a candidate for member of the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District must be filed with the board secretary from not later than 5 p.m. on the 45th to not later than 5 p.m. on the 62nd day before the date of an election. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2011.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 969
By: Lewis
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 969
By: Lewis
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a petition to be placed on the ballot as a candidate for member of the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District must be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 45th day before the date of the election. H.B. 969 seeks to change this deadline to not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 62nd day before the date of the election.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 969 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to change the deadline by which a petition requesting a person's name be printed on the ballot as a candidate for member of the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District must be filed with the board secretary from not later than 5 p.m. on the 45th to not later than 5 p.m. on the 62nd day before the date of an election.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2011.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Currently, a petition to be placed on the ballot as a candidate for member of the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District must be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 45th day before the date of the election. H.B. 969 seeks to change this deadline to not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 62nd day before the date of the election.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 969 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to change the deadline by which a petition requesting a person's name be printed on the ballot as a candidate for member of the board of directors of the Ector County Hospital District must be filed with the board secretary from not later than 5 p.m. on the 45th to not later than 5 p.m. on the 62nd day before the date of an election.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2011.