83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 904, Chapter 589 Page: 2 of 5
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S.B. No. 904
1 fifth [tkl4d] day after the deadline for filing the candidate's
2 application for a place on the ballot.
3 SECTION 4. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 172.054,
4 Election Code, are amended to read as follows:
5 (a) The deadline for filing an application for a place on
6 the general primary election ballot is extended as provided by this
7 section if a candidate who has made an application that complies
8 with the applicable requirements:
9 (1) dies on or after the fifth day before the date of
10 the regular filing deadline and on or before the first [,th] day
11 after the date of the regular filing deadline [before general
12 imy d] ;
13 (2) holds the office for which the application was
14 made and withdraws or is declared ineligible on [or after] the date
15 of the regular filing deadline [and-en] or [bef-ee] the first [794h]
16 day after the date of the regular filing deadline [bef ore general
17 primary e letion day; or
18 (3) withdraws or is declared ineligible during the
19 period prescribed by Subdivision (2), and at the time of the
20 withdrawal or declaration of ineligibility no other candidate has
21 made an application that complies with the applicable requirements
22 for the office sought by the withdrawn or ineligible candidate.
23 (b) An application for an office sought by a withdrawn,
24 deceased, or ineligible candidate must be filed not later than 6
25 p.m. of the fifth day after the date of the regular filing deadline
26 [Oz a .f gerl p ma election d y] An application
27 filed by mail with the state chair is not timely if received later
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 904, Chapter 589, legislative document, June 14, 2013; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth438612/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.