78R1531 DRH-F

By:  Goodman                                                      H.B. No. 296



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to petition requirements for an application for a place on 
the general primary election ballot for certain judicial 
candidates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  A candidate for the office of chief justice or justice, 
supreme court, or presiding judge or judge, court of criminal 
appeals, who chooses to pay the filing fee must also accompany the 
application with a petition that complies with the requirements 
prescribed for a petition authorized by Subsection (b), except that 
the minimum number of signatures that must appear on the petition 
required by this subsection is 50 from each court of appeals 
district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.