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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of a filing fee for certain candidates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the |
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general primary election is as follows: |
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(1) United States senator $5,000 |
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(2) office elected statewide, except United States |
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senator 3,750 |
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(3) United States representative 3,125 |
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(4) state senator 1,250 |
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(5) state representative 1,250 [750] |
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(6) member, State Board of Education 300 |
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(7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other |
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than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 1,875 |
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(8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals that |
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serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a |
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population of more than one million is wholly or partly |
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situated 2,500 |
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(9) district judge or judge specified by Section |
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52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a |
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fee 1,500 |
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(10) district or criminal district judge of a court in |
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a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population |
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of more than 1.5 million 2,500 |
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(11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge |
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specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500 |
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(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with |
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a population of more than 1.5 million 2,500 |
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(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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or county attorney performing the duties of a district |
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attorney 1,250 |
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(14) county commissioner, district clerk, county |
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clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, |
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or judge, constitutional county court: |
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(A) county with a population of 200,000 or |
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more 1,250 |
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(B) county with a population of |
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under 200,000 750 |
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(15) justice of the peace or constable: |
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(A) county with a population of 200,000 or |
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more 1,000 |
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(B) county with a population of |
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under 200,000 375 |
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(16) county surveyor 75 |
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(17) office of the county government for which this |
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schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 750 |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |