Bill Text: TX HB2157 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for a candidate's application or petition for a place on the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2157 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2157-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for a candidate's application or petition for a place on the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2157 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2157-Engrossed.html
By: Miller | H.B. No. 2157 |
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relating to the requirements for a candidate's application or | ||
petition for a place on the ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 141.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A candidate's application for a place on the ballot that | ||
is required by this code must: | ||
(1) be in writing; | ||
(2) be signed and sworn to before a person authorized | ||
to administer oaths in this state by the candidate and indicate the | ||
date that the candidate swears to the application; | ||
(3) be timely filed with the appropriate authority; | ||
and | ||
(4) include: | ||
(A) the candidate's name; | ||
(B) the candidate's occupation; | ||
(C) the office sought, including any place number | ||
or other distinguishing number; | ||
(D) an indication of whether the office sought is | ||
to be filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and | ||
another office to be voted on have the same title but do not have | ||
place numbers or other distinguishing numbers; | ||
(E) a statement that the candidate is a United | ||
States citizen; | ||
(F) a statement that the candidate has not been | ||
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate | ||
jurisdiction to be: | ||
(i) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
(ii) partially mentally incapacitated | ||
without the right to vote; | ||
(G) a statement that the candidate has not been | ||
finally convicted of a felony from which the candidate has not been | ||
pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities; | ||
(H) the candidate's date of birth; | ||
(I) the candidate's residence address or, if the | ||
residence has no address, the address at which the candidate | ||
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the | ||
candidate's residence; | ||
(J) the candidate's length of continuous | ||
residence in the state and in the territory from which the office | ||
sought is elected as of the date the candidate swears to the | ||
application; | ||
(K) the statement: "I, __________, of | ||
__________ County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of | ||
__________, swear that I will support and defend the constitution | ||
and laws of the United States and of the State of Texas"; | ||
(L) a statement that the candidate is aware of | ||
the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code; and | ||
(M) a public mailing address and any available | ||
electronic mail address at which the candidate receives | ||
correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 141.065, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Each part of a petition must include an affidavit of the | ||
person who circulated it, executed before a person authorized to | ||
administer oaths in this state, stating that the person: | ||
(1) pointed out and read to each signer, before the | ||
petition was signed, each statement pertaining to the signer that | ||
appears on the petition; | ||
(2) witnessed each signature; | ||
(3) verified each signer's registration status; and | ||
(4) believes each signature to be genuine and the | ||
corresponding information to be correct. | ||
(c) A single notarized affidavit by any person who obtained | ||
signatures is valid for all signatures gathered by the person if the | ||
date of notarization is on or after the date of the last signature | ||
obtained by the person. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections | ||
141.031(a) and 141.065(a), Election Code, apply to an application | ||
for a place on the ballot made or a petition circulated on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An application for a place on the | ||
ballot made or a petition circulated before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
application is made or the petition is circulated, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |