Bill Text: TX SB993 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the process of applying for a place on a ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB993 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB993-Introduced.html
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By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 993 |
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relating to the process of applying for a place on a ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 141.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A candidate's application for a place on the ballot that | ||
is required by this code must: | ||
(1) be in writing; | ||
(2) be signed and sworn to by the candidate in the | ||
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the candidate swears to the application; | ||
(3) be timely filed with the appropriate authority; | ||
and | ||
(4) include: | ||
(A) the candidate's name; | ||
(B) the candidate's occupation; | ||
(C) the office sought, including any place number | ||
or other distinguishing number; | ||
(D) an indication of whether the office sought is | ||
to be filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and | ||
another office to be voted on have the same title but do not have | ||
place numbers or other distinguishing numbers; | ||
(E) a statement that the candidate is a United | ||
States citizen; | ||
(F) a statement that the candidate has not been | ||
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate | ||
jurisdiction to be: | ||
(i) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
(ii) partially mentally incapacitated | ||
without the right to vote; | ||
(G) an indication that the candidate has either | ||
not been finally convicted of a felony or if so convicted has been | ||
pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities; | ||
(H) the candidate's date of birth; | ||
(I) the candidate's residence address or, if the | ||
residence has no address, the address at which the candidate | ||
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the | ||
candidate's residence; | ||
(J) the candidate's length of continuous | ||
residence in the state and in the territory from which the office | ||
sought is elected as of the date the candidate swears to the | ||
application; | ||
(K) the statement: "I, __________, of __________ | ||
County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of __________, | ||
swear that I will support and defend the constitution and laws of | ||
the United States and of the State of Texas"; | ||
(L) a statement that the candidate is aware of | ||
the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code; and | ||
(M) a public mailing address at which the | ||
candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's | ||
campaign, if available, and an electronic mail address at which the | ||
candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's | ||
campaign, if available. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 141.065(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Each part of a petition must include an affidavit of the | ||
person who circulated it, executed in the physical presence of | ||
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stating that the person who circulated the petition: | ||
(1) pointed out and read to each signer, before the | ||
petition was signed, each statement pertaining to the signer that | ||
appears on the petition; | ||
(2) witnessed each signature; | ||
(3) verified each signer's registration status; and | ||
(4) believes each signature to be genuine and the | ||
corresponding information to be correct. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an application or affidavit submitted on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |