By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1085
(In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2017; March 7, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 19, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of unopposed candidates for the board
of directors of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2, Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding Section
2.08 to read as follows:
Sec. 2.08. ACTION ON CERTIFICATION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES.
(a) On receipt of the certification required by Section 2.052,
Election Code, the board may declare each unopposed candidate for
the board elected to the office.
(b) If a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the
election is not held for that candidate's voting district.
(c) The ballots used at a separate election held at the same
time as an election that would have been held if the candidates were
not declared elected under this section shall include the offices
and names of the candidates declared elected under this section
listed separately after the measures or contested races in the
separate election under the heading "Unopposed Candidates Declared
Elected." The candidates shall be grouped in the same relative
order prescribed for the ballot generally. No votes are cast in
connection with the candidates.
(d) The secretary of state by rule may prescribe any
additional procedures necessary to accommodate a particular voting
system or ballot style and to facilitate the efficient and
cost-effective implementation of this section.
(e) A certificate of election shall be issued to each
candidate in the same manner and at the same time as provided for a
candidate elected at the election. The candidate must qualify for
the office in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at
the election.
(f) Section 2.053, Election Code, does not apply to an
election for the board of directors of the authority.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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