TITLE: Relating to candidates who are ineligible for office.

SUMMARY: Relating to candidates who are ineligible for office.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to candidates who are ineligible for office. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 145, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 145.0035 to read as follows: Sec. 145.0035. SECRETARY OF STATE TO SEEK REMOVAL OF INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE FROM BALLOT. If the secretary of state becomes aware of a candidate who has withdrawn, has died, or is ineligible but whose name has not been omitted from the ballot, the secretary may petition a district court for appropriate relief. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.