81R3474 JRH-D
By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 420
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the nonpartisan election of members to the State Board
of Education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.101(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Members of the board are elected at biennial general
elections held in compliance with the Election Code. A candidate's
name for the board may appear on the ballot only as an independent
candidate and Chapter 142, Election Code, applies to a candidate
for the board.
SECTION 2. Section 1.005, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (9) to read as follows:
(9) "Independent candidate" means a candidate in a
nonpartisan election or a candidate in a partisan election who is
not the nominee of a political party. The term includes a candidate
for the State Board of Education.
SECTION 3. Section 142.001, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 142.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter
applies to:
(1) an independent candidate for an office that is to
be voted on at the general election for state and county officers
except the offices of president and vice-president of the United
States; and
(2) any candidate for the State Board of Education.
SECTION 4. Chapter 161, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 161.0031 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.0031. NOMINATION FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
PROHIBITED. A political party may not make a nomination for the
office of State Board of Education.
SECTION 5. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
general primary election is as follows:
(1) United States senator $5,000
(2) office elected statewide, except United States
senator 3,750
(3) United States representative 3,125
(4) state senator 1,250
(5) state representative 750
(6) [member, State Board of Education 300
[(7)] chief justice or justice, court of appeals,
other than a justice specified by Subdivision (7) [(8)] 1,875
(7) [(8)] chief justice or justice of a court of appeals
that serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a
population of more than 750,000 is wholly or partly situated 2,500
(8) [(9)] district judge or judge specified by Section
52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
fee 1,500
(9) [(10)] district or criminal district judge of a
court in a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a
population of more than 850,000 2,500
(10) [(11)] judge, statutory county court, other than a
judge specified by Subdivision (11) [(12)] 1,500
(11) [(12)] judge of a statutory county court in a
county with a population of more than 850,000 2,500
(12) [(13)] district attorney, criminal district
attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district
attorney 1,250
(13) [(14)] county commissioner, district clerk, county
clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer,
or judge, constitutional county court:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or more
1,250
(B) county with a population of under 200,000
750
(14) [(15)] justice of the peace or constable:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or more
1,000
(B) county with a population of under 200,000
375
(15) [(16)] county surveyor, inspector of hides and
animals, or public weigher 75
(16) [(17)] office of the county government for which
this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.