Bill Text: TX HB3004 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to modification of an application for a place on the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB3004 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3004-Introduced.html
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By: Vo | H.B. No. 3004 |
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relating to modification of an application for a place on the | ||
ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), an application | ||
filed under Section 141.031 may not be supplemented, modified, or | ||
amended on or after the date it is received by the authority with | ||
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(h) A candidate may withdraw the candidate's application | ||
filed under Section 141.031 and any submitted petition and refile | ||
an amended application before the filing deadline. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 141.062, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a petition may not | ||
be supplemented, modified, or amended on or after the date it is | ||
received by the authority with whom it is required to be filed | ||
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(d) A candidate may withdraw the candidate's petition and | ||
application filed under Section 141.031 and refile an amended | ||
petition before the filing deadline. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | ||
application for a place on the ballot filed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application for a place on the | ||
ballot filed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the | ||
law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |