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Application – The loyalty oath is included on this form and must be notarized. 

  • January 15, 2025 – first day to apply for a place on the May 3, 2025 Election ballot. 
  • February 14, 2025 – last day to apply for a place on the May 3, 2025 Election ballot.  The application must be filed with the City Secretary’s Office before 5:00 p.m. 
  • Please note that the application has a section for your email address. Your email is optional, but remember that candidate applications are publicly available and will be uploaded to the City’s website.
  • Request for Confidentiality for Candidates under Texas Government Code—Pursuant to Section 552.1175 of the Texas Government Code, an elected public officer may request information (home address, home telephone number, emergency contact, date of birth, social security number, and family members restricted from public access). 

Filing Fee or Petition. Article V, Section 5 of the City Charter requires that the candidate’s application be accompanied by a filing fee of $150 or a petition containing the valid signatures of at least 150 registered voters in the City of North Richland Hills. 

Candidate Disclosure and Acknowledgment Form – The North Richland Hills City Charter, Article V, City Council, Section 2, Qualifications states that any member of the City Council who is convicted of a felony, or is convicted or pleads guilty or no contest to a misdemeanor or a felony involving a crime of moral turpitude for fraud, deceit, theft or dishonesty, before or while in office, shall immediately forfeit his or her office.  (May 6, 2024 Charter Amendment Election)

Appointment of Campaign Treasurer (Form CTA) and the Instruction Guide.  The CTA Form is to be filed with the City Secretary’s Office. Please note that under Texas Law, you must designate a Campaign Treasurer before any funds can be expended or campaign contributions accepted (this includes your filing fee). You may name yourself as Treasurer.

  • The back of the form offers a modified reporting option. Candidates who do not intend to accept more than $1,110 in political contributions or expend more than $1,110 in political expenditures (excluding filing fees) may elect to report under the modified reporting schedule.
    • Candidates reporting under the modified schedule are not required to file pre-election reports (due 30 days and eight days before an election) or runoff reports.
    • The selection of modified reporting still requires you to file semiannual reports (July 15 and January 15). If you select modified reporting, you must file a Candidate/Officeholder Campaign Finance Report – Designation of Final Report to be relieved of reporting obligations after the election.

Amendment: Appointment of Campaign Treasurer by Candidate (Form ACTA) and the Instruction Guide. Use this form to change information previously reported on Form CTA and to renew your choice to report under the modified schedule.

Code of Fair Campaign Practices and Chapter 258, Election Code, Fair Campaign Practices Act from the Texas Ethics Commission. Your subscription to this Code is voluntary. If you elect to subscribe to the Code form, it should be filed with the City Secretary’s Office. Please note that a candidate who has filed a copy of this form may indicate such on political advertising in a form determined by the Ethics Commission. Additional resources prepared by the Texas Ethics Commission that you might find helpful include the following:

Candidate/Officeholder Campaign Finance Report-Form C/OH and the Instruction Guide.  This report shall be filed in the City Secretary’s office on the dates specified on the list of important dates.  The instruction guide explains how to complete the campaign finance report and the deadlines for filing pre-election reports.  If you still have questions after reviewing the guide,  contact the Texas Ethics Commission, the authority responsible for interpreting Campaign Finance Law (Title 15), at 512.463.5800 or visit their website (www.ethics.state.tx.us).

  • A candidate may file a modified reporting statement declaration if he/she does not plan to expend or receive more than $1,110.00.  This form is page two of a candidate’s campaign treasurer appointment. The declaration shall be filed before the election no later than the 30th day. A candidate filing the declaration is not required to file pre-election reports unless the candidate exceeds $1,110.00.

Correction/Amendment Affidavit for Candidate/Officeholder-Form COR-C/OH.  This form shall be completed when a candidate submits a corrected candidate/officeholder campaign finance report. (See instructions on the back of the form.) 

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