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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility to sign certain petitions in connection |
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with certain applications for placement on a general election |
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ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.009, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 142.009. PETITION TO BE CIRCULATED AFTER PRIMARY. A |
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signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer[: |
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[(1)] signed the petition on or before general primary |
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election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought |
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by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day[; or |
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[(2) voted in the general or runoff primary election |
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of a political party that made a nomination, at either primary, for |
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the office sought by the candidate]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 181.006(f), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) The following statement must appear at the top of each |
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page of the petition: "I know that the purpose of this petition is |
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to entitle the _______ Party to have its nominees placed on the |
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ballot in the general election for state and county officers. [I |
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have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention |
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of another party during this voting year, and I understand that I |
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become ineligible to do so by signing this petition. I understand |
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that signing more than one petition to entitle a party to have its |
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nominees placed on the general election ballot in the same election |
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is prohibited.]" |
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SECTION 3. Section 182.004(f), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) Sections 181.006(f) and (j) [181.006(f)-(j)] apply to a |
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petition circulated under this section. |
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SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Election Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 142.008; and |
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(2) Sections 181.006(g), (h), and (i). |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |