86R7126 JRJ-F
By: Vo H.B. No. 3004
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to modification of an application for a place on the
ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (h), an application
filed under Section 141.031 may not be supplemented, modified, or
amended on or after the date it is received by the authority with
whom it is required to be filed [After the filing deadline:
[(1) a candidate may not amend an application filed
under Section 141.031; and
[(2) the authority with whom the application is filed
may not accept an amendment to an application filed under Section
141.031].
(h) A candidate may withdraw the candidate's application
filed under Section 141.031 and any submitted petition and refile
an amended application before the filing deadline.
SECTION 2. Section 141.062, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a petition may not
be supplemented, modified, or amended on or after the date it is
received by the authority with whom it is required to be filed
[After the filing deadline:
[(1) a candidate may not amend a petition in lieu of a
filing fee submitted with the candidate's application; and
[(2) the authority with whom the application is filed
may not accept an amendment to a petition in lieu of a filing fee
submitted with the candidate's application].
(d) A candidate may withdraw the candidate's petition and
application filed under Section 141.031 and refile an amended
petition before the filing deadline.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
application for a place on the ballot filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application for a place on the
ballot filed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.