H.B. No. 1509




AN ACT

relating to the requirements for the validity of a signature on 
certain petitions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 141.063(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  A signature on a petition is valid if:                                    
		(1)  except as otherwise provided by this code, the 
signer, at the time of signing, is a registered voter of the 
territory from which the office sought is elected or has been issued 
a registration certificate for a registration that will become 
effective in that territory on or before the date of the applicable 
election;
		(2)  the petition includes the following information 
with respect to each signer:
			(A)  the signer's residence address;                                         
			(B)  the signer's date of birth or [and] the 
signer's voter registration number and, if the territory from which 
signatures must be obtained is situated in more than one county, the 
county of registration;
			(C)  the date of signing; and                                                
			(D)  the signer's printed name;                                              
		(3)  the part of the petition in which the signature 
appears contains the affidavit required by Section 141.065;
		(4)  each statement that is required by this code to 
appear on each page of the petition appears, at the time of signing, 
on the page on which the signature is entered; and
		(5)  any other applicable requirements prescribed by 
this code for a signature's validity are complied with.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1509 was passed by the House on April 
7, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1509 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor