By: Guillen H.B. No. 4555
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4555:
 
  By:  Bucy C.S.H.B. No. 4555
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an application for a place on a ballot filed by a person
  convicted of a felony.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 141.031, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A person who has been convicted of a felony shall
  include in the application proof that the person is eligible for
  public office under Section 141.001(a)(4).
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
  application for a place on the ballot filed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. An application for a place on the
  ballot filed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
  law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.