88R12772 JRJ-D
 
  By: Hefner H.B. No. 4149
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 162.015, Election Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 162.015.  RESTRICTIONS ON CANDIDACY IN GENERAL ELECTION
  [BY CANDIDATE OR VOTER IN PRIMARY].
         SECTION 2.  Section 162.015, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A person who was considered for nomination as a
  replacement candidate under Section 145.036 but did not receive a
  favorable vote of a majority of the voting members of the state,
  district, county, or precinct executive committee, as appropriate
  for the particular office, is ineligible for a place on the list of
  write-in candidates for the succeeding general election for state
  and county officers as a write-in candidate for the office sought by
  that candidate.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.