Bill Text: TX HB2775 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a petition filed in connection with an application for a place on the ballot.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-20 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2775 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2775-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2775 | ||
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| relating to a petition filed in connection with an application for a | ||
| place on the ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 141.065, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (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 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 141.071 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 141.071. CORRECTION OF PETITION. A petition may be | ||
| corrected and additional signatures presented to the appropriate | ||
| authority after it has been initially filed but not after the | ||
| deadline for filing the petition. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a | ||
| petition circulated on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| petition circulated before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the petition is | ||
| circulated, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2775 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 13, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2775 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
