H.B. No. 1163
AN ACT
relating to the filing fee for a candidate for certain offices on
the general primary election ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
general primary election is as follows:
(1) United States senator $5,000
(2) office elected statewide, except
United States senator 3,750
(3) United States representative 3,125
(4) state senator 1,250
(5) state representative 750
(6) member, State Board of Education 300
(7) chief justice or justice, court of
appeals, other than a justice specified by
Subdivision (8) 1,875
(8) chief justice or justice of a court
of appeals that serves a court of appeals district in
which a county with a population of more than 850,000
is wholly or partly situated 2,500
(9) district judge or judge specified
by Section 52.092(d) for which this schedule does
not otherwise prescribe a fee 1,500
(10) district or criminal district
judge of a court in a judicial district wholly
contained in a county with a population of more
than 850,000 2,500
(11) judge, statutory county court,
other than a judge specified by Subdivision (12) 1,500
(12) judge of a statutory county court
in a county with a population of more than 850,000 2,500
(13) district attorney, criminal
district attorney, or county attorney performing
the duties of a district attorney 1,250
(14) county commissioner, district
clerk, county clerk, sheriff, county tax
assessor-collector, county treasurer, or judge,
constitutional county court:
(A) county with a population of
200,000 or more 1,250
(B) county with a population of
under 200,000 750
(15) justice of the peace or constable:
(A) county with a population of
200,000 or more 1,000
(B) county with a population of
under 200,000 375
(16) county surveyor, inspector of hides
and animals, or public weigher 75
(17) office of the county government for
which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe
a fee 750
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1163 was passed by the House on March
23, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1163 was passed by the Senate on May
18, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor