78R6944 DRH-F

By:  Deshotel                                                     H.B. No. 2355



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the timely filing of an application for a place on the 
ballot for an office of a home-rule city.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.005(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  A city charter may prescribe requirements in connection 
with a candidate's application for a place on the ballot for an 
office of a home-rule city.  This section does not authorize a city 
charter requirement in connection with the timely filing of an 
application, and any charter requirement related to an 
application's timely filing is superseded by Section 143.007 and 
other applicable filing provisions prescribed by this code.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.