87S10394 BEE-F
 
  By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 54
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility to sign certain petitions in connection
  with certain applications for placement on a general election
  ballot.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 142.009, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 142.009.  PETITION TO BE CIRCULATED AFTER PRIMARY. A
  signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer[:
               [(1)]  signed the petition on or before general primary
  election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought
  by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day[; or
               [(2)  voted in the general or runoff primary election
  of a political party that made a nomination, at either primary, for
  the office sought by the candidate].
         SECTION 2.  Section 181.006(f), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  The following statement must appear at the top of each
  page of the petition: "I know that the purpose of this petition is
  to entitle the _______ Party to have its nominees placed on the
  ballot in the general election for state and county officers. [I
  have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention
  of another party during this voting year, and I understand that I
  become ineligible to do so by signing this petition. I understand
  that signing more than one petition to entitle a party to have its
  nominees placed on the general election ballot in the same election
  is prohibited.]"
         SECTION 3.  Section 182.004(f), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  Sections 181.006(f) and (j) [181.006(f)-(j)] apply to a
  petition circulated under this section.
         SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Election Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 142.008; and
               (2)  Sections 181.006(g), (h), and (i).
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.