§ 4.03. Filing for office.

(a)

Any qualified person may have his or her name placed on the official ballot as a candidate for the office of mayor or council member by providing information required by state law and filing an application in substantially the following form:

"I, ____________ , do hereby declare that I am a candidate for the office of ____________ and request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for that particular office in the next City election. I meet all the qualifications to serve on the city council listed in Section 3.02 of this charter, which are as follows:

(1)

Be a citizen of the United States of America;

(2)

Be a qualified voter;

(3)

Have resided in the city for at least 12 months prior to the date of the election;

(4)

Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election;

(5)

Not be in arrears in the payment of any taxes or other liability due the city;

(6)

Not have been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;

(7)

Not have any financial interest in any contract with the city or the sale of any equipment, materials, or other articles to the city, except as permitted by state law;

(8)

Not hold any other public office except that of notary public, member of the national guard, any military reserve, or retired member of the armed services, except as permitted by state law;

(9)

Not have been declared mentally incompetent by the final judgment of a court; and

(10)

Abide by the nepotism law (Chapter 573, Texas Government Code), and as provided in Section 10.02 of this Charter.

At the present time I reside at ____________ in the city. I further swear that the foregoing statements in my application are in all things true and correct.

_____ Signature of Candidate

 

(b)

The application shall be filed in the office of the City Secretary not later than 5:00 p.m. of a day authorized by state law as a filing deadline for general or special elections. The application shall be witnessed by an officer of the city who is qualified to administer oaths. A fifty dollar ($50.00) filing fee shall be paid by each candidate whose name appears on the official ballot. This fee shall be paid to the City Secretary at the time of filing of the application, and credited to the general fund of the city. As an alternate procedure to payment of this fee, a person may submit a petition in favor of his/her candidacy, signed by at least fifty (50) registered voters. The application must be accompanied by two forms of identification required by state law to identify a voter, reflecting an address that matches the address on the application. The official ballots shall be printed not less than twenty (20) days before the date of the election. The name of a person who does not file all required, completed documents by the deadline, will not be placed on the ballot.

(Ord. of 11-17-08; Ord. No. 2015-017-01, § 1(Exh. A), 8-24-15, elect. 11-3-15)

Cross reference

Election to places, § 3.01