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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Moore
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/31/07
HB 331
SHORT TITLE
Minority Party Petition Requirements
SB
ANALYST Ortiz
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Secretary of State (SOS)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 331 strikes language requiring petition requirements for nominees of minority parties.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Nominating petitions indicate that a candidate has supporters.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
If minor party candidates do not have to meet petition requirements, it may slightly reduce work-
load for the Secretary of State.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Should numerous minor party candidates decide to get their name onto the ballot it may impact
the structure of the ballot.