By: Nelson S.B. No. 1464
2001S0705/1
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to signature requirements for certain petitions filed in
1-3 connection with a candidate's application for a place on the
1-4 ballot.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 141.064, Election Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 141.064. METHOD OF ACQUIRING SIGNATURE. A person
1-9 circulating a petition must:
1-10 (1) be present when each signature is obtained [before
1-11 permitting a person to sign, point out and read to the person each
1-12 statement pertaining to the signer that appears on the petition];
1-13 (2) witness each signature;
1-14 (3) ascertain that each date of signing is correct;
1-15 and
1-16 (4) before the petition is filed, verify each signer's
1-17 registration status and ascertain that each registration number
1-18 entered on the petition is correct.
1-19 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 141.065, Election Code,
1-20 is amended to read as follows:
1-21 (a) Each part of a petition must include an affidavit of the
1-22 person who circulated it stating that the person:
1-23 (1) was present when each signature was obtained
1-24 [pointed out and read to each signer, before the petition was
1-25 signed, each statement pertaining to the signer that appears on the
2-1 petition];
2-2 (2) witnessed each signature;
2-3 (3) verified each signer's registration status; and
2-4 (4) believes each signature to be genuine and the
2-5 corresponding information to be correct.
2-6 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.