By Goodman H.B. No. 1117 77R4649 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to petition requirements for an application for a place on 1-3 the general primary election ballot for certain judicial 1-4 candidates. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by 1-7 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-8 (g) A candidate for the office of chief justice or justice, 1-9 supreme court or presiding judge or judge, court of criminal 1-10 appeals who chooses to pay the filing fee must also accompany the 1-11 application with a petition that complies with the requirements 1-12 prescribed for the petition authorized by Subsection (b), except 1-13 that the minimum number of signatures that must appear on the 1-14 petition required by this subsection is 100 from each state 1-15 senatorial district. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.