1. (a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the general primary election is as follows:

   1. (13) district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney performing the duties of a district attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250

   2. (14) county commissioner, district clerk, county clerk, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, or judge, constitutional county court:

      1. (A) county with a population of 200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250
      2. (B) county with a population of under 200,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

   3. (15) justice of the peace or constable:

      1. (A) county with a population of 200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
      2. (B) county with a population of under 200,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
2. (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.

Acts 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.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 142 (H.B. 964), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1229 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 37 (H.B. 328), Sec. 3, eff. May 19, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 5.33, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2023.