HB3040 - Relating to eligibility requirements for public office for persons finally convicted of a felony.

  89R11345 AB-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 3040       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to eligibility requirements for public office for persons   finally convicted of a felony.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 141.001(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or   appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must:                (1)  be a United States citizen;                (2)  be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the   term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as   applicable;                (3)  have not been determined by a final judgment of a   court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:                      (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or                      (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the   right to vote;                (4)  have not been finally convicted of a felony from   which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from   the resulting disabilities by a court of competent jurisdiction ;                (5)  have resided continuously in the state for 12   months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six   months immediately preceding the following date:                      (A)  for a candidate whose name is to appear on a   general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing   deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;                      (B)  for an independent candidate, the date of the   regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place   on the ballot;                      (C)  for a write-in candidate, the date of the   election at which the candidate's name is written in;                      (D)  for a party nominee who is nominated by any   method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is   made; and                      (E)  for an appointee to an office, the date the   appointment is made;                (6)  on the date described by Subdivision (5), be   registered to vote in the territory from which the office is   elected; and                (7)  satisfy any other eligibility requirements   prescribed by law for the office.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.