TITLE: Relating to the filing fee required for certain candidates.

SUMMARY: Relating to the filing fee required for certain candidates.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the filing fee required for certain candidates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 172.024, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 172.024. FILING FEE. (a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the general primary election is as follows: (1) United States senator $10,000 [$5,000] (2) office elected statewide, except United States senator 7,500 [3,750] (3) United States representative 6,250 [3,125] (4) state senator 2,500 [1,250] (5) state representative 1,500 [750] (6) member, State Board of Education 600 [300] (7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other than a justice specified by Subdivision (8) 3,750 [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 one million is wholly or partly situated 5,000 [2,500] (9) district judge or judge specified by Section 52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 3,000 [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 1.5 million 5,000 [2,500] (11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge specified by Subdivision (12) 3,000 [1,500] (12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with a population of more than 1.5 million 5,000 [2,500] (13) district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney 2,500 [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 2,500 [1,250] (B) county with a population of under 200,000 1,500 [750] (15) justice of the peace or constable: (A) county with a population of 200,000 or more 2,000 [1,000] (B) county with a population of under 200,000 750 [375] (16) county surveyor 150 [75] (17) office of the county government for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee 1,500 [750] SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.