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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements of a candidate for certain judicial |
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offices to be placed on the ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (g), Section 172.021, Election Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(g) A candidate for the office of chief justice or justice, |
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supreme court, or presiding judge or judge, court of criminal |
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appeals, who chooses to pay the filing fee must also accompany the |
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application with a petition that complies with the requirements |
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prescribed for a petition authorized by Subsection (b), except that |
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the minimum number of signatures that must appear on the petition |
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required by this subsection is 50 from each court of appeals |
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district. This requirement does not apply to a chief justice or |
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justice, supreme court, or presiding judge or judge, court of |
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criminal appeals, who is seeking reelection to the same position |
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that the judicial officeholder currently holds. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |