81R7980 JSC-D
By: Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 1419
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application to run for political office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) A candidate may not amend an application after the
application is filed, and the authority with whom the application
is filed may not accept an amendment to the application.
SECTION 2. Section 141.062, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A candidate may not amend a petition in lieu of a filing
fee submitted with the candidate's application, and the authority
with whom the application is filed may not accept an amendment to a
petition in lieu of a filing fee submitted with the candidate's
application.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a candidate's application for a place on the ballot that is 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
governed 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, 2009.