TITLE: Relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election.

SUMMARY: Relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Section 162.015, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 162.015. RESTRICTIONS ON CANDIDACY IN GENERAL ELECTION [BY CANDIDATE OR VOTER IN PRIMARY].SECTION 2. Section 162.015, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) A person who was considered for nomination as a replacement candidate under Section 145.036 but did not receive a favorable vote of a majority of the voting members of the state, district, county, or precinct executive committee, as appropriate for the particular office, is ineligible for a place on the list of write-in candidates for the succeeding general election for state and county officers as a write-in candidate for the office sought by that candidate. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.