Bill Text: TX HB2504 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to candidates nominated by convention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2504 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2504-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2504 | ||
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| relating to candidates nominated by convention. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 141, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 141.041 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 141.041. FILING FEE OR PETITION TO APPEAR ON BALLOT FOR | ||
| GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS. (a) In addition | ||
| to any other requirements, to be eligible to be placed on the ballot | ||
| for the general election for state and county officers, a candidate | ||
| who is nominated by convention under Chapter 181 or 182 must: | ||
| (1) pay a filing fee to the secretary of state for a | ||
| statewide or district office or the county judge for a county or | ||
| precinct office; or | ||
| (2) submit to the secretary of state for a statewide or | ||
| district office or the county judge for a county or precinct office | ||
| a petition in lieu of a filing fee that satisfies the requirements | ||
| prescribed by Subsection (e) and Section 141.062. | ||
| (b) The amount of the filing fee is the amount prescribed by | ||
| Section 172.024 for a candidate for nomination for the same office | ||
| in a general primary election. | ||
| (c) A filing fee received by the secretary of state shall be | ||
| deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue | ||
| fund. | ||
| (d) A filing fee received by the county judge shall be | ||
| deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the county general | ||
| fund. | ||
| (e) The minimum number of signatures that must appear on the | ||
| petition authorized by Subsection (a) is the number prescribed by | ||
| Section 172.025 to appear on a petition of a candidate for | ||
| nomination for the same office in a general primary election. | ||
| (f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 181.005, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A political party is entitled to have the names of its | ||
| nominees placed on the general election ballot, without qualifying | ||
| under Subsection (a) or (b), if the party had a nominee for a | ||
| statewide office who received a number of votes equal to at least | ||
| two percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates | ||
| for that office at least once in the five previous general | ||
| elections. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2504 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 77, Nays 57, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2504 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
