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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the nonpartisan election of members to the State Board |
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of Education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.101(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Members of the board are elected at biennial general |
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elections held in compliance with the Election Code. A candidate's |
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name for the board may appear on the ballot only as an independent |
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candidate and Chapter 142, Election Code, applies to a candidate |
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for the board. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1.005, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subdivision (9) to read as follows: |
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(9) "Independent candidate" means a candidate in a |
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nonpartisan election or a candidate in a partisan election who is |
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not the nominee of a political party. The term includes a candidate |
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for the State Board of Education. |
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SECTION 3. Section 142.001, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 142.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter |
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applies to: |
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(1) an independent candidate for an office that is to |
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be voted on at the general election for state and county officers |
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except the offices of president and vice-president of the United |
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States; and |
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(2) any candidate for the State Board of Education. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 161, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 161.0031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.0031. NOMINATION FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION |
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PROHIBITED. A political party may not make a nomination for the |
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office of State Board of Education. |
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SECTION 5. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the |
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general primary election is as follows: |
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(1) United States senator $5,000 |
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(2) office elected statewide, except United States |
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senator 3,750 |
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(3) United States representative 3,125 |
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(4) state senator 1,250 |
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(5) state representative 750 |
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(6) [member, State Board of Education 300
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[(7)] chief justice or justice, court of appeals, |
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other than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 1,875 |
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(7) [(8)] chief justice or justice of a court of appeals |
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that serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a |
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population of more than 750,000 is wholly or partly situated 2,500 |
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(8) [(9)] district judge or judge specified by Section |
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52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a |
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fee 1,500 |
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(9) [(10)] district or criminal district judge of a |
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court in a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a |
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population of more than 850,000 2,500 |
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(10) [(11)] judge, statutory county court, other than a |
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judge specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500 |
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(11) [(12)] judge of a statutory county court in a |
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county with a population of more than 850,000 2,500 |
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(12) [(13)] district attorney, criminal district |
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attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district |
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attorney 1,250 |
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(13) [(14)] county commissioner, district clerk, county |
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clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, |
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or judge, constitutional county court: |
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(A) county with a population of 200,000 or more |
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1,250 |
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(B) county with a population of under 200,000 |
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750 |
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(14) [(15)] justice of the peace or constable: |
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(A) county with a population of 200,000 or more |
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1,000 |
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(B) county with a population of under 200,000 |
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375 |
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(15) [(16)] county surveyor, inspector of hides and |
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animals, or public weigher 75 |
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(16) [(17)] office of the county government for which |
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this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750 |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |