1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to petition requirements for an application for a place on 1-3 the general primary election ballot for certain judicial 1-4 candidates. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by 1-7 adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-8 (g) A candidate for the office of chief justice or justice, 1-9 supreme court or presiding judge or judge, court of criminal 1-10 appeals who chooses to pay the filing fee must also accompany the 1-11 application with a petition that complies with the requirements 1-12 prescribed for the petition authorized by Subsection (b), except 1-13 that the minimum number of signatures that must appear on the 1-14 petition required by this subsection is 100 each from five state 1-15 senatorial districts. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1117 was passed by the House on April 11, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1117 on May 24, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1117 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor