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| 1 | 1 | 81R7980 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 1419 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an application to run for political office. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (g) A candidate may not amend an application after the | |
| 12 | 12 | application is filed, and the authority with whom the application | |
| 13 | 13 | is filed may not accept an amendment to the application. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 141.062, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 15 | 15 | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (c) A candidate may not amend a petition in lieu of a filing | |
| 17 | 17 | fee submitted with the candidate's application, and the authority | |
| 18 | 18 | with whom the application is filed may not accept an amendment to a | |
| 19 | 19 | petition in lieu of a filing fee submitted with the candidate's | |
| 20 | 20 | application. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to a candidate's application for a place on the ballot that is filed | |
| 23 | 23 | on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a | |
| 24 | 24 | place on the ballot filed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 25 | 25 | governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, | |
| 26 | 26 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |