H.B. No. 294
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 13, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 294 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 6, 1
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 294 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor