Bill Text: TX HB1183 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility requirements for public office and to the form of an application for a place on the ballot.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1183-Comm_Sub.html
87R3518 MLH-D | ||
By: Dutton, Guillen | H.B. No. 1183 |
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relating to eligibility requirements for public office and to the | ||
form of an application for a place on the ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 141.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) In support of the statement required by Subsection | ||
(a)(4)(G), a candidate shall provide a certified copy of the | ||
candidate's pardon or other documentation evincing removal of | ||
disability. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 141.039, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 141.039. OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM. In addition to | ||
the other statements and spaces for entering information that | ||
appear on an officially prescribed form for an application for a | ||
place on the ballot, each official form for an application that a | ||
candidate is required to file under this code must include: | ||
(1) a space for indicating the form in which the | ||
candidate's name is to appear on the ballot; | ||
(2) a space for the candidate's public mailing | ||
address; | ||
(3) spaces for the candidate's home and office | ||
telephone numbers and e-mail address at which the candidate | ||
receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign; | ||
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(4) a statement informing candidates that the | ||
furnishing of the telephone numbers is optional; and | ||
(5) a notice adjacent to the statement required by | ||
Section 141.031(a)(4)(G), printed in boldfaced type and capital | ||
letters, that reads: "RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IS NOT THE SAME | ||
AS REMOVAL OF DISABILITY FOR PURPOSES OF SATISFYING ELIGIBILITY | ||
REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.". | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |