88R20104 MLH-D     By: Swanson H.B. No. 232     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 232:     By:  Burrows C.S.H.B. No. 232       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(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (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.