Tex. Elec. Code § 141.040 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION FOR PLACE ON BALLOT
NOTICE OF DEADLINES AND FILING METHODS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot under this subchapter must be filed shall post notice of the dates of the filing period in a public place in a building in which the authority has an office not later than the 30th day before:
(1) the first day on which a candidate may file the application; or
(2) the last day on which a candidate may file the application, if this code does not designate a first day on which the candidate may file the application.
(b) This section does not apply to an office filled at the general election for state and county officers.
(c) An authority shall designate an e-mail address in the notice required by this section for the purpose of filing an application for a place on the ballot under Section 143.004.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (S.B. 1970), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 78, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 79, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.141.htm
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