79R6259 JRJ-D

By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 2320



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain procedures for running as a write-in candidate.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 146.0301(a), Election Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A write-in candidate may not withdraw from the election 
after the 57th [46th] day before election day.
	SECTION 2.  Section 146.083, Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	Sec. 146.083.  FILING DEADLINE.  A declaration of write-in 
candidacy must be filed not later than 5 p.m. on [of the fifth day 
after] the date an application for a place on the ballot is required 
to be filed.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a 
write-in candidate for an election ordered on or after the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.