Names may be placed in nomination for the office of trustee of the Employees Retirement System of Texas (system) in the following manner.

1. (1) A candidate, or his or her agency, must file a petition on a form approved by the system requesting the candidate's name to be placed in nomination. The petition must be signed by 300 or more persons qualified to vote in the trustee election. The system will accept up to 600 signatures from each candidate.
2. (2) The signature of each person on a petition must be accompanied by that person's printed or typed name, ZIP Code, and any other information requested by the system to confirm the signer's identity. No person may sign a petition for more than one candidate. To do so will cause the signatures of the person to be disqualified on all petitions.
3. (3) Blank petition forms may be reproduced and utilized provided the reproduction is an exact replica of the original document.
4. (4) The system must receive signed petitions before the deadline established by the board. A copy of a signed paper petition will not be accepted in lieu of the original signed petition. Electronic petitions must be completed and submitted in accordance with the instructions provided with electronic petition forms.
5. (5) Only those names of candidates whose petitions comply with this section will be presented on the ballot.
6. (6) The board shall establish deadlines and other dates related to trustee elections. Blank petitions shall be made available by the system at least 25 calendar days in advance of the deadline established by the board.

Source Note:The provisions of this §63.3 adopted to be effective April 26, 1983, 8 TexReg 1216; amended to be effective November 28, 1990, 15 TexReg 6499; amended to be effective September 29, 1992, 17 TexReg 6373; amended to be effective September 14, 2006, 31 TexReg 7358; amended to be effective March 14, 2016, 41 TexReg 1859; amended to be effective December 28, 2020, 45 TexReg 9573.