89R2537 MPF-D
By: Noble H.B. No. 3575
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing of a campaign treasurer appointment and an
application for a place on the ballot by a candidate for the board
of directors of an appraisal district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 252.005, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 252.005. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED:
CANDIDATE. An individual must file a campaign treasurer
appointment for the individual's own candidacy with:
(1) the commission, if the appointment is made for
candidacy for:
(A) a statewide office;
(B) a district office filled by voters of more
than one county;
(C) a judicial district office filled by voters
of only one county;
(D) state senator;
(E) state representative; or
(F) the State Board of Education;
(2) the county clerk, if the appointment is made for
candidacy for:
(A) a county office; [,]
(B) a precinct office; [,]
(C) an elected position on the board of directors
of an appraisal district to which Section 6.0301, Tax Code,
applies; or
(D) a district office other than one included in
Subdivision (1);
(3) except as otherwise provided by this section, the
clerk or secretary of the governing body of the political
subdivision or, if the political subdivision has no clerk or
secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer, if the
appointment is made for candidacy for an office of a political
subdivision other than a county;
(4) the county clerk if:
(A) the appointment is made for candidacy for an
office of a political subdivision other than a county;
(B) the governing body for the political
subdivision has not been formed; and
(C) no boundary of the political subdivision
crosses a boundary of the county; or
(5) the commission if:
(A) the appointment is made for candidacy for an
office of a political subdivision other than a county;
(B) the governing body for the political
subdivision has not been formed; and
(C) the political subdivision is situated in more
than one county.
SECTION 2. Section 6.032(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(b) An application for a place on the ballot must be filed
with the county clerk [judge] of the county in which the appraisal
district is established and be accompanied by a filing fee
prescribed by Subsection (c) of this section or a petition in lieu
of the filing fee that satisfies the requirements prescribed by
Section 141.062, Election Code, and Subsection (d) of this section.
SECTION 3. Section 252.005, Election Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a campaign treasurer appointment required
to be filed under Chapter 252, Election Code, on or after the
effective date of this Act. A campaign treasurer appointment
required to be filed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the appointment was filed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. Section 6.032, Tax Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to an application for a place on the ballot for a
position on the board of directors of an appraisal district
required to be filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application required to be filed before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.