Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8.
ON APRIL 4, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 145, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the changes described below regarding elections, with such changes taking effect November 6, 2024. Present law requires independent and primary candidates for any office to be filled at the regular November election for which a primary is required to be held at the regular August election to qualify by filing such candidates' nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring such candidates to qualify by filing nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March. Present law provides that in the event no May primary authorized under the law regarding methods of nomination for other offices for which candidates are not required to be chosen in primary elections is called for any office to be filled in the regular August general election, then the candidates must qualify by filing their petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring such candidates to qualify by filing their petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March. Present law requires candidates in municipal elections held in conjunction with the regular August election to file their nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring such candidates to file their nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March. Present law requires the name of any candidate nominated by any political party by any method other than a primary election, for any office to be filled in a regular August election for which a March or May primary has been called to be certified by the party executive committee to the county election commission or county administrator of elections by the qualifying deadline for the respective primary as provided for elsewhere in existing law. If no primary is held, party nominees must be certified no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring that if no primary is held, party nominees must be certified no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March.
ON APRIL 4, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 145, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the changes described below regarding elections, with such changes taking effect November 6, 2024. Present law requires independent and primary candidates for any office to be filled at the regular November election for which a primary is required to be held at the regular August election to qualify by filing such candidates' nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring such candidates to qualify by filing nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March. Present law provides that in the event no May primary authorized under the law regarding methods of nomination for other offices for which candidates are not required to be chosen in primary elections is called for any office to be filled in the regular August general election, then the candidates must qualify by filing their petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring such candidates to qualify by filing their petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March. Present law requires candidates in municipal elections held in conjunction with the regular August election to file their nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring such candidates to file their nominating petitions no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March. Present law requires the name of any candidate nominated by any political party by any method other than a primary election, for any office to be filled in a regular August election for which a March or May primary has been called to be certified by the party executive committee to the county election commission or county administrator of elections by the qualifying deadline for the respective primary as provided for elsewhere in existing law. If no primary is held, party nominees must be certified no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the first Thursday in April. This amendment revises the present law by, instead, requiring that if no primary is held, party nominees must be certified no later than 12:00 noon, prevailing time, on the second Tuesday in March.
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