Bill Text: TX SB54 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility to sign certain petitions in connection with certain applications for placement on a general election ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [SB54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB54-Introduced.html
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| By: Eckhardt, et al. | S.B. No. 54 | |
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| relating to the eligibility to sign certain petitions in connection | ||
| with certain applications for placement on a general election | ||
| ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 142.009, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 142.009. PETITION TO BE CIRCULATED AFTER PRIMARY. A | ||
| signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer[ |
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| election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought | ||
| by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day[ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 181.006(f), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (f) The following statement must appear at the top of each | ||
| page of the petition: "I know that the purpose of this petition is | ||
| to entitle the _______ Party to have its nominees placed on the | ||
| ballot in the general election for state and county officers. [ |
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| SECTION 3. Section 182.004(f), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (f) Sections 181.006(f) and (j) [ |
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| petition circulated under this section. | ||
| SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Election Code | ||
| are repealed: | ||
| (1) Section 142.008; and | ||
| (2) Sections 181.006(g), (h), and (i). | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
