By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2775

(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015; May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a petition filed in connection with an application for a place on the ballot.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 141.065, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) A single notarized affidavit by any person who obtained signatures is valid for all signatures gathered by the person if the date of notarization is on or after the date of the last signature obtained by the person.

SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 141, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 141.071 to read as follows:

Sec. 141.071. CORRECTION OF PETITION. A petition may be corrected and additional signatures presented to the appropriate authority after it has been initially filed but not after the deadline for filing the petition.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a petition circulated on or after the effective date of this Act. A petition circulated before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the petition is circulated, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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