Bill Text: TX HB2504 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.html
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-Comm_Sub.html
| 86R22243 SRS-F | |||
| By: Springer | H.B. No. 2504 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2504: | |||
| By: Middleton | C.S.H.B. No. 2504 | ||
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| relating to requiring candidates to pay a filing fee or submit a | ||
| petition in lieu of a filing fee to appear on the ballot for the | ||
| general election for state and county officers. | ||
| 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
