By: Perry S.B. No. 177
(In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2018; February 1, 2019,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; March 6, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 6, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a petition filed for a place on the ballot as a
candidate for the board of directors of the Wilbarger County
Hospital District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1113.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1113.053. BALLOT 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 a petition requesting that
action. The petition must be[:
[(1) signed by at least 100 registered voters; and
[(2)] filed by the deadline imposed by Section
144.005, Election Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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