By: Schwertner S.B. No. 994
(In the Senate - Filed February 16, 2023; March 3, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 13, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 13, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the
basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of
a filing fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 145.003(b) and (f), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) A candidate in the general election for state and county
officers may be declared ineligible before the 30th day preceding
election day by:
(1) the party officer responsible for certifying the
candidate's name for placement on the general election ballot, in
the case of a candidate who is a political party's nominee; [or]
(2) the authority with whom the candidate's
application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed, in
the case of an independent candidate; or
(3) the secretary of state, if the candidate is
ineligible under Subsection (f)(3).
(f) A candidate may be declared ineligible only if:
(1) the information on the candidate's application for
a place on the ballot indicates that the candidate is ineligible for
the office; [or]
(2) facts indicating that the candidate is ineligible
are conclusively established by another public record; or
(3) the candidate fails to pay the filing fee or submit
a petition in lieu of a filing fee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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