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1	1	By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1135
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
3	3	May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
4	4	Affairs; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to an application to run for political office.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
14	14	(g) After the filing deadline:
15	15	(1) a candidate may not amend an application filed
16	16	under Section 141.031; and
17	17	(2) the authority with whom the application is filed
18	18	may not accept an amendment to an application filed under Section
19	19	141.031.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 141.062, Election Code, is amended by
21	21	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
22	22	(c) After the filing deadline:
23	23	(1) a candidate may not amend a petition in lieu of a
24	24	filing fee submitted with the candidate's application; and
25	25	(2) the authority with whom the application is filed
26	26	may not accept an amendment to a petition in lieu of a filing fee
27	27	submitted with the candidate's application.
28	28	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
29	29	to a candidate's application for a place on the ballot that is filed
30	30	on or after the effective date of this Act.
31	31	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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