___________________ moved that HB 1034 be amended as follows:
" Section 10. That Section 7 of the enrolled version of HB 1037 as previously enacted by the
Ninety-Second Session Legislative Assembly, 2017, be amended to read:
Section 7. That § 12-7-1 be amended to read:
12-7-1. Any candidate for nonjudicial public office, except as provided in § 12-7-7 or office in
the State Legislature, county political public office, and county party office as provided in section
9 of this Act, who is not nominated by a primary election may be nominated by filing a certificate
of nomination with the secretary of state or county auditor as prescribed by § 12-6-4, after December
thirty-first and by the last Tuesday of April at 5:00 p.m. local time before the election. A certificate
of nomination shall be executed as provided in chapter 12-6. If the certificate of nomination is
mailed by registered mail by the last Tuesday of April at 5:00 p.m. local time before the election, it
is timely submitted. The certificate of nomination shall be signed by registered voters within the
district or political subdivision in and for which the officers are to be elected. The number of
signatures required may not be less than one percent of the total combined vote cast for Governor
at the last certified gubernatorial election within the district or political subdivision. The State Board
of Elections shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, prescribing the forms for the certificate
of nomination. ".