Bill Text: TX SB58 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 58 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-09 - Filed [SB58 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB58-Introduced.html

	87S20462 BEE-F

	By: Eckhardt, et al.	S.B. No. 58



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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[:
	[~~(1)~~] signed the petition on or before general primary
	election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought
	by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day[~~; or~~
	[~~(2)~~ ~~voted in the general or runoff primary election~~
	~~of a political party that made a nomination, at either primary, for~~
	~~the office sought by the candidate~~].
	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. [I
	~~have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention~~
	~~of another party during this voting year, and I understand that I~~
	~~become ineligible to do so by signing this petition. I understand~~
	~~that signing more than one petition to entitle a party to have its~~
	~~nominees placed on the general election ballot in the same election~~
	~~is prohibited.~~]"
	SECTION 3. Section 182.004(f), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(f) Sections 181.006(f) and (j) [~~181.006(f)-(j)~~] apply to a
	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	are repealed: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.