By: Hughes S.B. No. 2271
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing fee required for certain candidates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.024, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 172.024. FILING FEE. (a) The filing fee for a
candidate for nomination in the general primary election is as
follows:
(1) United States senator$10,000 [$5,000]
(2) office elected statewide, except United States
senator7,500 [3,750]
(3) United States representative6,250 [3,125]
(4) state senator2,500 [1,250]
(5) state representative1,500 [750]
(6) member, State Board of Education600 [300]
(7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
than a justice specified by Subdivision (8)3,750 [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
situated5,000 [2,500]
(9) district judge or judge specified by Section
52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
fee3,000 [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 million5,000 [2,500]
(11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge
specified by Subdivision (12)3,000 [1,500]
(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with
a population of more than 1.5 million5,000 [2,500]
(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney,
or county attorney performing the duties of a district
attorney2,500 [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
more2,500 [1,250]
(B) county with a population of under
200,0001,500 [750]
(15) justice of the peace or constable:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
more2,000 [1,000]
(B) county with a population of under
200,000750 [375]
(16) county surveyor150 [75]
(17) office of the county government for which this
schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee1,500 [750]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.