By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2775
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015;
May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 3; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a petition filed in connection with an application for a
place on the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.065, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A single notarized affidavit by any person who obtained
signatures is valid for all signatures gathered by the person if the
date of notarization is on or after the date of the last signature
obtained by the person.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 141.071 to read as follows:
Sec. 141.071. CORRECTION OF PETITION. A petition may be
corrected and additional signatures presented to the appropriate
authority after it has been initially filed but not after the
deadline for filing the petition.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
petition circulated on or after the effective date of this Act. A
petition circulated before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the petition is
circulated, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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