88R1393 SGM-D
By: Swanson H.B. No. 232
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of a filing fee for certain candidates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
general primary election is as follows:
(1) United States senator $5,000
(2) office elected statewide, except United States
senator 3,750
(3) United States representative 3,125
(4) state senator 1,250
(5) state representative 1,250 [750]
(6) member, State Board of Education 300
(7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 1,875
(8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals that
serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a
population of more than one million is wholly or partly
situated 2,500
(9) district judge or judge specified by Section
52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
fee 1,500
(10) district or criminal district judge of a court in
a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population
of more than 1.5 million 2,500
(11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge
specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500
(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with
a population of more than 1.5 million 2,500
(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney,
or county attorney performing the duties of a district
attorney 1,250
(14) county commissioner, district clerk, county
clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer,
or judge, constitutional county court:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
more 1,250
(B) county with a population of
under 200,000 750
(15) justice of the peace or constable:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
more 1,000
(B) county with a population of
under 200,000 375
(16) county surveyor 75
(17) office of the county government for which this
schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An
election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.