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 each from five state
1-15     senatorial districts.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1117 was passed by the House on April
         11, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1117 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record
         vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1117 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
         0, 1 present, not voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor