{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.024","heading":"FILING FEE.","body":"(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the general primary election is as follows:\n(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250\n(14) county commissioner, district clerk, county clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, or judge, constitutional county court:\n(A) county with a population of 200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250\n(B) county with a population of under 200,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750\n(15) justice of the peace or constable:\n(A) county with a population of 200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000\n(B) county with a population of under 200,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375\n(b) If a fee prescribed by Subsection (a) is declared invalid by a final judgment of a court, the secretary of state shall prescribe a filing fee consistent with the judgment to replace the invalidated fee.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 14(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 90, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 265, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 142 (H.B. 964), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1229 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 37 (H.B. 328), Sec. 3, eff. May 19, 2009.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 5.33, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION FOR PLACE ON BALLOT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"9bfdc551eadda27c4b17f8e3953a8e2b4ac276ba24849efb59a1162391635843","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}