Bill Text: TX HB464 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-07 - Considered in Calendars [HB464 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB464-Introduced.html
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By: Springer | H.B. No. 464 |
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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, 2015. |