H.B. No. 3097

	AN ACT
	relating to the election of directors of the board of the Ector
	County Hospital District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1024.053, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1024.053.  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:
	(1)  be signed by at least 50 registered voters of the
	district as determined by the most recent official list of
	registered voters;
	(2)  be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the same [62nd]
	day that an application for a place on the ballot must be filed
	under Section 144.005, Election Code [before the date of the
	election]; and
	(3)  specify the single-member district [commissioners
	precinct] the candidate wants to represent [or specify that the
	candidate wants to represent the district at large].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3097 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3097 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor