1-1 By: Nelson S.B. No. 1464
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 4, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
1-5 Nays 0; April 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to signature requirements for certain petitions filed in
1-9 connection with a candidate's application for a place on the
1-10 ballot.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 141.064, Election Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 141.064. METHOD OF ACQUIRING SIGNATURE. A person
1-15 circulating a petition must:
1-16 (1) be present when each signature is obtained [before
1-17 permitting a person to sign, point out and read to the person each
1-18 statement pertaining to the signer that appears on the petition];
1-19 (2) witness each signature;
1-20 (3) ascertain that each date of signing is correct;
1-21 and
1-22 (4) before the petition is filed, verify each signer's
1-23 registration status and ascertain that each registration number
1-24 entered on the petition is correct.
1-25 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 141.065, Election Code,
1-26 is amended to read as follows:
1-27 (a) Each part of a petition must include an affidavit of the
1-28 person who circulated it stating that the person:
1-29 (1) was present when each signature was obtained
1-30 [pointed out and read to each signer, before the petition was
1-31 signed, each statement pertaining to the signer that appears on the
1-32 petition];
1-33 (2) witnessed each signature;
1-34 (3) verified each signer's registration status; and
1-35 (4) believes each signature to be genuine and the
1-36 corresponding information to be correct.
1-37 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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