Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R1624 JRJ-D
2	2	By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1748
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the nonpartisan election of members to the State Board
8	8	of Education; providing for a fee.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 7.101(b), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(b) Members of the board are elected at biennial general
13	13	elections held in compliance with the Election Code. A candidate's
14	14	name for the board may appear on the ballot only as an independent
15	15	candidate and Chapter 142, Election Code, applies to a candidate
16	16	for the board.
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 1.005(9), Election Code, is amended to
18	18	read as follows:
19	19	(9) "Independent candidate" means a candidate in a
20	20	nonpartisan election or a candidate in a partisan election who is
21	21	not the nominee of a political party. The term includes a candidate
22	22	for the State Board of Education.
23	23	SECTION 3. Sections 52.092(a) and (d), Election Code, are
24	24	amended to read as follows:
25	25	(a) For an election at which offices regularly filled at the
26	26	general election for state and county officers are to appear on the
27	27	ballot, the offices shall be listed in the following order:
28	28	(1) offices of the federal government;
29	29	(2) certain offices of the state government:
30	30	(A) statewide offices;
31	31	(B) partisan district offices;
32	32	(3) offices of the county government:
33	33	(A) county offices;
34	34	(B) precinct offices;
35	35	(4) nonpartisan election for the office of member,
36	36	State Board of Education.
37	37	(d) Partisan district [District] offices of the state
38	38	government shall be listed in the following order:
39	39	(1) [member, State Board of Education;
40	40	[(2)] state senator;
41	41	(2) [(3)] state representative;
42	42	(3) [(4)] chief justice, court of appeals;
43	43	(4) [(5)] justice, court of appeals;
44	44	(5) [(6)] district judge;
45	45	(6) [(7)] criminal district judge;
46	46	(7) [(8)] family district judge;
47	47	(8) [(9)] district attorney;
48	48	(9) [(10)] criminal district attorney.
49	49	SECTION 4. Section 142.001, Election Code, is amended to
50	50	read as follows:
51	51	Sec. 142.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter
52	52	applies to:
53	53	(1) an independent candidate for an office that is to
54	54	be voted on at the general election for state and county officers
55	55	except the offices of president and vice-president of the United
56	56	States; and
57	57	(2) any candidate for the State Board of Education.
58	58	SECTION 5. Section 142.004, Election Code, is amended by
59	59	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
60	60	follows:
61	61	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An]
62	62	application must, in addition to complying with Section 141.031, be
63	63	accompanied by a petition that satisfies the requirements
64	64	prescribed by Section 141.062.
65	65	(c) An application for the office of member, State Board of
66	66	Education, may be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of $300
67	67	in lieu of the petition required by Subsection (b).
68	68	SECTION 6. Section 142.009, Election Code, is amended to
69	69	read as follows:
70	70	Sec. 142.009. PETITION TO BE CIRCULATED AFTER PRIMARY. (a)
71	71	A signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer:
72	72	(1) signed the petition on or before general primary
73	73	election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought
74	74	by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day; or
75	75	(2) voted in the general or runoff primary election of
76	76	a political party that made a nomination, at either primary, for the
77	77	office sought by the candidate.
78	78	(b) This section does not apply to a petition for an
79	79	application for the office of member, State Board of Education.
80	80	SECTION 7. Chapter 161, Election Code, is amended by adding
81	81	Section 161.0031 to read as follows:
82	82	Sec. 161.0031. NOMINATION FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
83	83	PROHIBITED. A political party may not make a nomination for the
84	84	office of State Board of Education.
85	85	SECTION 8. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended
86	86	to read as follows:
87	87	(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
88	88	general primary election is as follows:
89	89	(1) United States senator$5,000
90	90	(2) office elected statewide, except United States
91	91	senator3,750
92	92	(3) United States representative3,125
93	93	(4) state senator1,250
94	94	(5) state representative750
95	95	(6) [member, State Board of Education300
96	96	[(7)] chief justice or justice, court of appeals,
97	97	other than a justice specified by Subdivision (7) [(8)]1,875
98	98	(7) [(8)] chief justice or justice of a court of
99	99	appeals that serves a court of appeals district in which a
100	100	county with a population of more than one million is wholly or
101	101	partly situated2,500
102	102	(8) [(9)] district judge or judge specified by Section
103	103	52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
104	104	fee1,500
105	105	(9) [(10)] district or criminal district judge of a
106	106	court in a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a
107	107	population of more than 1.5 million2,500
108	108	(10) [(11)] judge, statutory county court, other than a
109	109	judge specified by Subdivision (11) [(12)]1,500
110	110	(11) [(12)] judge of a statutory county court in a
111	111	county with a population of more than 1.5 million2,500
112	112	(12) [(13)] district attorney, criminal district
113	113	attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district
114	114	attorney1,250
115	115	(13) [(14)] county commissioner, district clerk,
116	116	county clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county
117	117	treasurer, or judge, constitutional county court:
118	118	(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
119	119	more1,250
120	120	(B) county with a population of under
121	121	200,000750
122	122	(14) [(15)] justice of the peace or constable:
123	123	(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
124	124	more1,000
125	125	(B) county with a population of under
126	126	200,000375
127	127	(15) [(16)] county surveyor75
128	128	(16) [(17)] office of the county government for which
129	129	this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee750
130	130	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.