Statute 25-206: Fees of candidates; declaration.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), when a candidate in lieu of
nomination petitions files a declaration of
intention to become a
candidate for any national, state, county or township office, the
accompanying fee shall be in an amount as follows: For the office of
United States senator, United States representative
from any district or at large, all
state offices, and all county offices, where the salary is over $1,000
per year, a sum equal to 1% of one year's salary as determined by the
secretary of state for state
and national offices, and as determined by the county election officer
for county offices. For all county offices where the salary is $1,000
or less, a fee of $5; for a
state senator, $75; for representatives, $50; for all township offices,
$1. Nothing in
this act shall be construed as requiring any fee of a candidate filing a
declaration of intention to become a candidate for precinct committeeman or
precinct committeewoman. The
officer receiving the funds shall turn them over to
the state treasurer, if deposited
with the secretary of state, or to the county treasurer, if deposited with
the county election officer, and the funds shall become a part of the
general fund of the respective government.
Such declaration shall be
prescribed by the secretary of state and
shall be attested before a county election officer or deputy county
election officer in the case of county and township offices, and before
a county election officer, the secretary of state or a deputy of one of
such officers in the case of state and national offices, and a notary
public in the case of precinct committeemen and committeewomen.
(b) When a candidate for the office of
district magistrate judge, in lieu of nomination petitions, files a
declaration of intention to become a candidate for such office, the
declaration shall be in the same form and subject to the same method of
attestation as provided for other state officers in subsection (a) and
the required fee to accompany the declaration shall be $100.
History: R.S. 1923, 25-206; L. 1961, ch. 199, § 1; L. 1968,
ch. 406, § 70; L. 1970, ch. 134; § 1; L. 1976, ch. 180, § 2; L.
1980, ch. 94, § 11;
L. 1986, ch. 115, § 70;
L. 1989, ch. 106, § 4; July 1.