By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1199
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a primary election filing fee and petition requirements
1-3 for certain judicial candidates.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 172.021, Election Code,
1-6 is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (e) A candidate for an office specified by Section
1-8 172.024(a)(8), (10), or (12), or for justice of the peace in a
1-9 county with a population of more than 725,000 [850,000], who
1-10 chooses to pay the filing fee must also accompany the application
1-11 with a petition that complies with the requirements prescribed for
1-12 the petition authorized by Subsection (b), except that the minimum
1-13 number of signatures that must appear on the petition required by
1-14 this subsection is 250. If the candidate chooses to file the
1-15 petition authorized by Subsection (b) instead of the filing fee,
1-16 the minimum number of signatures required for that petition is
1-17 increased by 250. Signatures on a petition filed under this
1-18 subsection or Subsection (b) by a candidate covered by this
1-19 subsection may not be obtained on the grounds of a county
1-20 courthouse or courthouse annex.
1-21 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 172.024, Election Code,
1-22 is amended to read as follows:
1-23 (a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
1-24 general primary election is as follows:
1-25 (1) United States senator.......................$4,000
2-1 (2) office elected statewide, except United States
2-2 senator......................................3,000
2-3 (3) United States representative.................2,500
2-4 (4) state senator................................1,000
2-5 (5) state representative...........................600
2-6 (6) member, State Board of Education...............250
2-7 (7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
2-8 than a justice specified by Subdivision (8)..1,500
2-9 (8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals
2-10 that serves a court of appeals district in which a
2-11 county with a population of more than 725,000
2-12 [850,000] is wholly or partly situated.......2,000
2-13 (9) district judge or judge specified by Section
2-14 52.092(d) for which this schedule does not
2-15 otherwise prescribe a fee....................1,200
2-16 (10) district or criminal district judge of a court in
2-17 a judicial district wholly contained in a county
2-18 with a population of more than 725,000
2-19 [850,000]...................................2,000
2-20 (11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge
2-21 specified by Subdivision (12)...............1,200
2-22 (12) judge of a statutory county court in a county
2-23 with a population of more than 725,000
2-24 [850,000]...................................2,000
2-25 (13) district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
2-26 county attorney performing the duties of a
3-1 district attorney...........................1,000
3-2 (14) county commissioner or judge, constitutional
3-3 county court:
3-4 (A) county with a population of 200,000 or
3-5 more...................................1,000
3-6 (B) county with a population of under
3-7 200,000..................................600
3-8 (15) justice of the peace or constable:
3-9 (A) county with a population of 200,000
3-10 or more..................................800
3-11 (B) county with a population of under
3-12 200,000..................................300
3-13 (16) county surveyor, inspector of hides and animals,
3-14 or public weigher..............................50
3-15 (17) office of the county government for which this
3-16 schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee...600
3-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-18 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
3-19 Amend Senate Bill 1199, Engrossed, on page 1, line 9, by
3-20 striking "725,000" and substituting "300,000".
3-21 Capelo