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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the disclosure of citizenship of a candidate for public |
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| 7 | 9 | | office. |
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| 8 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter (B), Section 141.0031, Election Code, |
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| 10 | 12 | | is amended by adding Subsections (N) and (O) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | (4) include: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (A) the candidate's name; |
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| 13 | 15 | | (B) the candidate's occupation; |
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| 14 | 16 | | (C) the office sought, including any place number or |
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| 15 | 17 | | other distinguishing number; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (D) an indication of whether the office sought is to be |
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| 17 | 19 | | filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and another |
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| 18 | 20 | | office to be voted on have the same title but do not have place |
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| 19 | 21 | | numbers or other distinguishing numbers; |
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| 20 | 22 | | (E) a statement that the candidate is a United States |
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| 21 | 23 | | citizen; |
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| 22 | 24 | | (F) a statement that the candidate has not been |
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| 23 | 25 | | determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate |
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| 24 | 26 | | jurisdiction to be: |
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| 25 | 27 | | (i) totally mentally incapacitated; or |
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| 26 | 28 | | (ii) partially mentally incapacitated without the |
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| 27 | 29 | | right to vote; |
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| 28 | 30 | | (G) an indication that the candidate has either not |
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| 29 | 31 | | been finally convicted of a felony or if so convicted has been |
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| 30 | 32 | | pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities; |
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| 31 | 33 | | (H) the candidate's date of birth; |
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| 32 | 34 | | (I) the candidate's residence address or, if the |
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| 33 | 35 | | residence has no address, the address at which the candidate |
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| 34 | 36 | | receives mail and a concise description of the location of the |
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| 35 | 37 | | candidate's residence; |
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| 36 | 38 | | (J) the candidate's length of continuous residence in |
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| 37 | 39 | | the state and in the territory from which the office sought is |
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| 38 | 40 | | elected as of the date the candidate swears to the application; |
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| 39 | 41 | | (K) the statement: "I, __________, of __________ |
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| 40 | 42 | | County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of __________, |
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| 41 | 43 | | swear that I will support and defend the constitution and laws of |
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| 42 | 44 | | the United States and of the State of Texas"; |
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| 43 | 45 | | (L) a statement that the candidate is aware of the |
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| 44 | 46 | | nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code; and |
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| 45 | 47 | | (M) a public mailing address at which the candidate |
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| 46 | 48 | | receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign, if |
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| 47 | 49 | | available, and an electronic mail address at which the candidate |
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| 48 | 50 | | receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign, if |
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| 49 | 51 | | available. |
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| 50 | 52 | | (N) whether the candidate has any citizenship of any |
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| 51 | 53 | | nation except the United States or a federally recognized Indian |
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| 52 | 54 | | tribe. The question must also require the candidate to list their |
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| 53 | 55 | | other nation or nations of citizenship, as applicable. |
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| 54 | 56 | | (O) The information required in subsection (4)(N) must |
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| 55 | 57 | | be posted online in a publicly available place by the secretary of |
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| 56 | 58 | | state. |
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| 57 | 59 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a candidate in an |
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| 58 | 60 | | election held on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 59 | 61 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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