83R7425 ADM-D
 
  By: Morrison H.B. No. 3101
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to filing deadlines to become a write-in candidate in
  elections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 146, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 146.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 146.003.  FILING DEADLINES FOR CANDIDATES. In this
  code, a filing deadline by which an application for a place on a
  ballot must be filed applies to a declaration of write-in candidacy
  for that election.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 146.025, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 146.025.  TIME OF FILING [PERIOD].
         SECTION 3.  Section 11.056(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
  later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054],
  Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election].
         SECTION 4.  Section 130.0825(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
  later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054],
  Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election].
         SECTION 5.  Section 285.131(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
  later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054],
  Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election].
         SECTION 6.  Section 63.0945(d), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not
  later than the deadline prescribed by Section 146.003 [146.054],
  Election Code, for a write-in candidate [in a city election].
         SECTION 7.  Sections 144.006, 146.025(a) and (b), 146.054,
  146.083, and 171.0231(d), Election Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.