88(R) SB 2271 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	By:  Hughes	S.B.  No.  2271

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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
	senator7,500 [3,750]
	(3)    United States representative6,250 [3,125]
	(4)    state senator2,500 [1,250]
	(5)    state representative1,500 [750]
	(6)    member, State Board of Education600 [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
	situated5,000 [2,500]
	(9)    district judge or judge specified by Section
	52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
	fee3,000 [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 million5,000 [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 million5,000 [2,500]
	(13)    district attorney, criminal district attorney,
	or county attorney performing the duties of a district
	attorney2,500 [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
	more2,500 [1,250]
	(B)    county with a population of under
	200,0001,500 [750]
	(15)    justice of the peace or constable:
	(A)    county with a population of 200,000 or
	more2,000 [1,000]
	(B)    county with a population of under
	200,000750 [375]
	(16)    county surveyor150 [75]
	(17)    office of the county government for which this
	schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee1,500 [750]
	SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.