Bill Text: TX HB2888 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2888 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2888-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2888

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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 11, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2888 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor