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| 1 | 1 | By: Gallego H.B. No. 4380 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the contents of an application for a place on the ballot | |
| 7 | 7 | as a candidate for the legislature. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 141.031(a)(4)(G), Election Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 141.031. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION. (a) A | |
| 12 | 12 | candidate's application for a place on the ballot that is required | |
| 13 | 13 | by this code must: | |
| 14 | 14 | (4) include: | |
| 15 | 15 | (G) for a candidacy other than a candidacy for | |
| 16 | 16 | the legislature, a statement that the candidate has not been | |
| 17 | 17 | finally convicted of a felony from which the candidate has not been | |
| 18 | 18 | pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities, and | |
| 19 | 19 | for a candidacy for the legislature, a statements that the | |
| 20 | 20 | candidate has not been finally convicted of a felony; | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2009, but only | |
| 22 | 22 | if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature, | |
| 23 | 23 | Regular Session, 2009, disqualifying felons from service in the | |
| 24 | 24 | legislature is approved by the voters. If that constitutional | |
| 25 | 25 | amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |