| 1 | 1 | | 84R4354 ADM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2496 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a filing fee submitted with an application for a place |
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| 8 | 8 | | on a ballot. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the authority |
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| 13 | 13 | | receiving an application shall return it to the applicant as |
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| 14 | 14 | | incomplete if the applicant submits payment of a fee that is |
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| 15 | 15 | | returned for insufficient funds. The applicant may resubmit the |
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| 16 | 16 | | application before the end of the filing period, but payment of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | filing fee may not be made in the form of a check from the same |
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| 18 | 18 | | account as that of the payment previously returned for insufficient |
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| 19 | 19 | | funds. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b-2) If a payment of a filing fee is returned for |
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| 21 | 21 | | insufficient funds after the end of the filing period, the |
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| 22 | 22 | | application is not considered to be timely filed, and the authority |
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| 23 | 23 | | receiving the application shall inform the applicant that the |
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| 24 | 24 | | application was not valid. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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