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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board |
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| 8 | 8 | | of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th |
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| 11 | 11 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding Section |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2.08 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 2.08. ACTION ON CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) On receipt of the certification required by Section 2.052, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Election Code, the board may declare each unopposed candidate for |
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| 16 | 16 | | the board elected to the office. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) If a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the |
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| 18 | 18 | | election is not held for that candidate's voting district. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) The ballots used at a separate election held at the same |
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| 20 | 20 | | time as an election that would have been held if the candidates were |
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| 21 | 21 | | not declared elected under this section shall include the offices |
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| 22 | 22 | | and names of the candidates declared elected under this section |
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| 23 | 23 | | listed separately after the measures or contested races in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | separate election under the heading "Unopposed Candidates Declared |
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| 25 | 25 | | Elected." The candidates shall be grouped in the same relative |
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| 26 | 26 | | order prescribed for the ballot generally. No votes are cast in |
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| 27 | 27 | | connection with the candidates. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) The secretary of state by rule may prescribe any |
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| 29 | 29 | | additional procedures necessary to accommodate a particular voting |
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| 30 | 30 | | system or ballot style and to facilitate the efficient and |
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| 31 | 31 | | cost-effective implementation of this section. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (e) A certificate of election shall be issued to each |
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| 33 | 33 | | candidate in the same manner and at the same time as provided for a |
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| 34 | 34 | | candidate elected at the election. The candidate must qualify for |
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| 35 | 35 | | the office in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at |
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| 36 | 36 | | the election. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (f) Section 2.053, Election Code, does not apply to an |
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| 38 | 38 | | election for the board of directors of the authority. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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