By: King of Hemphill (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 294
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays
0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 294 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot for the board
of directors of the Muleshoe Area Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1068.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1068.053. BALLOT APPLICATION [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 an application for a
place on the ballot [a petition requesting that action]. The
application [petition] must:
(1) [be signed by at least 25 registered voters of the
district as determined by the most recent official list of
registered voters;
[(2)] be filed not later than the 31st day before the
date of the election; and
(2) [(3)] specify the place for which the person is to
be a candidate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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