By Danburg H.B. No. 1548
76R582 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the deadline for filing an application for a place on
1-3 the ballot, or for nomination by a convention, by an incumbent
1-4 officeholder.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 142.006, Election Code, is amended by
1-7 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
1-8 follows:
1-9 (a) An application for a place on the ballot must be filed
1-10 not later than 5 p.m. of the 30th day after runoff primary election
1-11 day, except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 202.007.
1-12 (c) An application for a place on the ballot by a person who
1-13 holds the office for which the application is made must be filed
1-14 not later than 5 p.m. of the 27th day after runoff primary
1-15 election day.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 143.007, Election Code, is amended by
1-17 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-18 (c) An application for a place on the ballot by a person who
1-19 holds the office for which the application is made must be filed
1-20 not later than 5 p.m. of the 42nd day before election day.
1-21 SECTION 3. Section 144.005, Election Code, is amended by
1-22 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-23 (c) An application for a place on the ballot by a person who
1-24 holds the office for which the application is made must be filed
2-1 not later than 5 p.m. of the 42nd day before election day.
2-2 SECTION 4. Section 172.023, Election Code, is amended by
2-3 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
2-4 follows:
2-5 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An]
2-6 application for a place on the general primary election ballot must
2-7 be filed not later than 6 p.m. on January 2 in the primary
2-8 election year unless the filing deadline is extended under
2-9 Subchapter C.
2-10 (c) An application for a place on the general primary
2-11 election ballot by a person who holds the office for which the
2-12 application is made must be filed not later than 6 p.m. on
2-13 December 30 in the year preceding the primary election year.
2-14 SECTION 5. Section 181.033, Election Code, is amended to
2-15 read as follows:
2-16 Sec. 181.033. FILING DEADLINE. (a) Except as provided by
2-17 Subsection (b) or (c), an application for nomination by a
2-18 convention must be filed not later than 5 p.m. on January 2
2-19 preceding the convention.
2-20 (b) An application under Subsection (a) by a person who
2-21 holds the office for which the application is made must be filed
2-22 not later than 6 p.m. on December 30 in the year preceding the year
2-23 the convention is to be held.
2-24 (c) A political party by rule may extend the filing deadline
2-25 for applications for nomination for an office for which a candidate
2-26 who has made an application withdraws, dies, or is declared
2-27 ineligible.
3-1 SECTION 6. Section 11.055, Education Code, is amended by
3-2 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
3-3 follows:
3-4 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An]
3-5 application of a candidate for a place on the ballot must be filed
3-6 not later than 5 p.m. of the 45th day before the date of the
3-7 election. An application may not be filed earlier than the 30th
3-8 day before the date of the filing deadline.
3-9 (c) An application for a place on the ballot by a person who
3-10 holds the office for which the application is made must be filed
3-11 not later than 5 p.m. of the 42nd day before election day.
3-12 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-13 SECTION 8. The importance of this legislation and the
3-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.