HB3375 - Relating to the filing of a campaign treasurer appointment and an application for a place on the ballot by a candidate for the board of directors of an appraisal district.

  89R13478 MZM-D     By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3375       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the filing of a campaign treasurer appointment and an   application for a place on the ballot by a candidate for the board   of directors of an appraisal district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 252.005, Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 252.005.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED:   CANDIDATE.  An individual must file a campaign treasurer   appointment for the individual's own candidacy with:                (1)  the commission, if the appointment is made for   candidacy for:                      (A)  a statewide office;                      (B)  a district office filled by voters of more   than one county;                      (C)  a judicial district office filled by voters   of only one county;                      (D)  state senator;                      (E)  state representative; or                      (F)  the State Board of Education;                (2)  the county clerk or, for counties having the   position, the county elections administrator , if the appointment is   made for candidacy for :                       (A)   a county office ; [ , ]                       (B)   a precinct office ; [ , ]                       (C)     an elected position on the board of directors   of an appraisal district to which Section 6.0301, Tax Code,   applies; or                       (D)   a district office other than one included in   Subdivision (1);                (3)   except as otherwise provided by this section, the   clerk or secretary of the governing body of the political   subdivision or, if the political subdivision has no clerk or   secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer, if the   appointment is made for candidacy for an office of a political   subdivision other than a county;                (4)  the county clerk if:                      (A)  the appointment is made for candidacy for an   office of a political subdivision other than a county;                      (B)  the governing body for the political   subdivision has not been formed; and                      (C)  no boundary of the political subdivision   crosses a boundary of the county; or                (5)  the commission if:                      (A)  the appointment is made for candidacy for an   office of a political subdivision other than a county;                      (B)  the governing body for the political   subdivision has not been formed; and                      (C)  the political subdivision is situated in more   than one county.          SECTION 2.  Section 6.032(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as   follows:          (b)  An application for a place on the ballot must be filed   with the county clerk or, for counties having the position, the   county elections administrator [ judge ] of the county in which the   appraisal district is established and be accompanied by a filing   fee prescribed by Subsection (c) of this section or a petition in   lieu of the filing fee that satisfies the requirements prescribed   by Section 141.062, Election Code, and Subsection (d) of this   section.          SECTION 3.  Section 252.005, Election Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to a campaign treasurer appointment required   to be filed under Chapter 252, Election Code, on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A campaign treasurer appointment   required to be filed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the appointment was filed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  Section 6.032, Tax Code, as amended by this Act,   applies only to an application for a place on the ballot for a   position on the board of directors of an appraisal district   required to be filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   application required to be filed before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was   filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.