2005 Texas Election Code CHAPTER 144. CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY OR CITY

ELECTION CODE

CHAPTER 144. CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER 
THAN COUNTY OR CITY


	§ 144.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter 
applies to a candidate for an office of a political subdivision 
other than a city or county.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 144.002. INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY REQUIRED.  A 
candidate's name may appear on the ballot only as an independent.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 144.003. APPLICATION REQUIRED.  (a) Except as otherwise 
provided by law, to be entitled to a place on the ballot, a 
candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot.
	(b)  If a law outside this code purports to prescribe the 
exclusive requirements that a candidate's application must satisfy 
for the candidate's name to be placed on the ballot, Section 
141.031(4)(L) also applies to the application.  The other 
provisions of Section 141.031 do not apply.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 427, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.


	§ 144.004. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.  Except 
as otherwise provided by law, an application for a place on the 
ballot must be filed with the secretary of the political 
subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no 
secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.                     


	§ 144.005. FILING DEADLINE.  (a) Except as provided by 
Subsection (d), an application for a place on the ballot must be 
filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 62nd day before election day.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by law, an application 
filed by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by 
the appropriate authority.
	(c)  The governing body of a political subdivision for which 
a deadline for filing for candidacy is prescribed by a law outside 
this code shall take appropriate action to comply with Subsections 
(a) and (d) and to adjust any affected date, deadline, or procedure 
to allow the same interval of time in relation to the filing 
deadline as would be provided by application of the other law.  The 
secretary of state shall prescribe any rules necessary to 
facilitate the implementation of this subsection.
	(d)  For an election to be held on the date of the general 
election for state and county officers, the day of the filing 
deadline is the 70th day before election day.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2003;  Acts 2005, 
79th Leg., ch. 1109, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.


	§ 144.006. FILING DEADLINE FOR DECLARED WRITE-IN 
CANDIDATE.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a declaration 
of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 
fifth day after the date an application for a place on the ballot is 
required to be filed in an election in which:
		(1)  the filing deadline for an application for a place 
on the ballot is the 62nd day before election day;  and
		(2)  write-in votes may be counted only for names 
appearing on a list of declared write-in candidates.
	(b)  For an election to be held on the date of the general 
election for state and county officers, the day of the filing 
deadline is the 67th day before election day.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, § 35, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.  Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1109, § 6, eff. Sept. 
1, 2005.