Bill Text: TX HB4521 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the filing fee for certain candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to Elections [HB4521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4521-Introduced.html
| 86R15107 GRM-D | ||
| By: Swanson | H.B. No. 4521 | |
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| relating to the filing fee for certain candidates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 142.004(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) An application must, in addition to complying with | ||
| Section 141.031, be accompanied by the appropriate filing fee or a | ||
| petition in lieu of the filing fee that satisfies the requirements | ||
| prescribed by Section 141.062. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 142, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 142.0041 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 142.0041. FILING FEE. (a) The filing fee for an | ||
| independent candidate is the amount prescribed by Section 172.024 | ||
| for a candidate for nomination for the same office in a general | ||
| primary election. | ||
| (b) A filing fee received by the secretary of state shall be | ||
| deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue | ||
| fund. | ||
| (c) A filing fee received by the county judge shall be | ||
| deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the county general | ||
| fund. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 181.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) In addition to the requirements prescribed by Section | ||
| 141.031, the application must be accompanied by a filing fee or a | ||
| petition in lieu of the filing fee that satisfies the requirements | ||
| imposed by Section 141.062. | ||
| (e) The amount of the filing fee imposed under Subsection | ||
| (d) is the amount prescribed by Section 172.024 for a candidate for | ||
| nomination for the same office in a general primary election. | ||
| (f) A filing fee under this section is to be delivered to the | ||
| appropriate party official under Section 181.032(a) for party use. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
