bill moving appraisal board candidate filings to the county clerk

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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.