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1-H.B. No. 2888
1+By: Springer (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2888
2+ (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
3+ April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
4+ Administration; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following
5+ vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.)
6+Click here to see the committee vote
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9+ A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
410 AN ACT
511 relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot as a
612 candidate for the board of directors of the Wilbarger County
713 Hospital District.
814 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
915 SECTION 1. Section 1113.053, Special District Local Laws
1016 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1117 Sec. 1113.053. BALLOT PETITION. A person who wants to have
1218 the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director
1319 must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that
1420 action. The petition must be[:
1521 [(1) signed by at least 100 registered voters; and
1622 [(2)] filed by the deadline imposed by Section
1723 144.005, Election Code.
1824 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
19- ______________________________ ______________________________
20- President of the Senate Speaker of the House
21- I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the House on April
22- 12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 11, 2 present, not
23- voting.
24- ______________________________
25- Chief Clerk of the House
26- I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the Senate on May
27- 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
28- ______________________________
29- Secretary of the Senate
30- APPROVED: _____________________
31- Date
32- _____________________
33- Governor
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