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H.B. No. 1274
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for collecting signatures on a petition
filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on
the ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 141.064, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 141.064. METHOD OF ACQUIRING SIGNATURE. A person
circulating a petition must:
(1) [before permitting a person to sign, point out and
read to the person each statement pertaining to the signer that
appears on the petition;
[(2)] witness each signature;
(2) [(3)] ascertain that each date of signing is
correct; and
(3) [(4)] before the petition is filed, verify each
signer's registration status and ascertain that each registration
number entered on the petition is correct.
SECTION 2. Section 141.065(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Each part of a petition must include an affidavit of the
person who circulated it stating that the person:
(1) [pointed out and read to each signer, before the
petition was signed, each statement pertaining to the signer that
appears on the petition;
[(2)] witnessed each signature;
(2) [(3)] verified each signer's registration status;
and
(3) [(4)] believes each signature to be genuine and
the corresponding information to be correct.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies only to a petition filed on or after that date.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1274 was passed by the House on April
10, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1274 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor