| 1 | 1 | | By: Middleton S.B. No. 932 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility and to |
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| 7 | 7 | | the prohibition of the candidate's placement on the ballot. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 145.003, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) to read as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f) A candidate may be declared ineligible only if: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) the information on the candidate's application for |
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| 14 | 14 | | a place on the ballot indicates that the candidate is ineligible for |
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| 15 | 15 | | the office; [or] |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) facts indicating that the candidate is ineligible |
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| 17 | 17 | | are conclusively established by another public record; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) the candidate fails to pay the filing fee or submit |
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| 19 | 19 | | a petition in lieu of a filing fee that satisfies the requirements |
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| 20 | 20 | | prescribed by Section 141.062. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (f-1) The authority responsible for preparing the ballots |
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| 22 | 22 | | shall omit a candidate from the ballot if the candidate is declared |
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| 23 | 23 | | ineligible under Subsection (f). |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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