Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 13 · Article 16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
For an office for which this constitution requires an election, the legislature may provide by general law for a person to take the office without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election to be held for that office.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Former Sec. 13 repealed Aug. 5, 1969; current Sec. 13 added Sept. 13, 2003.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.16.htm
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- sha256 39de01087f62a8bb465c1bffabd282b3d0448631f50d439a652f5bec9c5898e7
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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