Amend CSSB 1970 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 141.001(a), Election Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or 
appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must:
		(1)  be a United States citizen;                                              
		(2)  be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the 
term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as 
applicable;
		(3)  have not been determined by a final judgment of a 
court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
			(A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or                                      
			(B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the 
right to vote;           
		(4)  have not been finally convicted of a felony from 
which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from 
the resulting disabilities or for which the person's sentence has 
not been commuted by the chief executive officer of the 
jurisdiction of conviction;
		(5)  have resided continuously in the state for 12 
months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six 
months immediately preceding the following date:
			(A)  for a candidate whose name is to appear on a 
general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing 
deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
			(B)  for an independent candidate, the date of the 
regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place 
on the ballot;
			(C)  for a write-in candidate, the date of the 
election at which the candidate's name is written in;
			(D)  for a party nominee who is nominated by any 
method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is 
made;  and
			(E)  for an appointee to an office, the date the 
appointment is made; and  
		(6)  satisfy any other eligibility requirements 
prescribed by law for the office.
	SECTION ____.  Section 141.031(a), Election Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A candidate's application for a place on the ballot that 
is required by this code must:
		(1)  be in writing;                                                           
		(2)  be signed and sworn to by the candidate and 
indicate the date that the candidate swears to the application;
		(3)  be timely filed with the appropriate authority; 
and                    
		(4)  include:                                                                 
			(A)  the candidate's name;                                                   
			(B)  the candidate's occupation;                                             
			(C)  the office sought, including any place number 
or other distinguishing number;
			(D)  an indication of whether the office sought is 
to be filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and 
another office to be voted on have the same title but do not have 
place numbers or other distinguishing numbers;
			(E)  a statement that the candidate is a United 
States citizen;            
			(F)  a statement that the candidate has not been 
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate 
jurisdiction to be:
				(i)  totally mentally incapacitated; or                                     
				(ii)  partially mentally incapacitated 
without the right to vote;         
			(G)  a statement that the candidate has not been 
finally convicted of a felony from which the candidate has not been 
pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities or 
for which the person's sentence has not been commuted by the chief 
executive officer of the jurisdiction of conviction;
			(H)  the candidate's date of birth;                                          
			(I)  the candidate's residence address or, if the 
residence has no address, the address at which the candidate 
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the 
candidate's residence;
			(J)  the candidate's length of continuous 
residence in the state and in the territory from which the office 
sought is elected as of the date the candidate swears to the 
application;
			(K)  the statement:  "I, __________, of 
__________ County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of 
__________, swear that I will support and defend the constitution 
and laws of the United States and of the State of Texas"; and
			(L)  a statement that the candidate is aware of 
the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code.