Tex. Elec. Code § 141.062 · Subchapter C. PETITION

VALIDITY OF PETITION.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) To be valid, a petition must:

(1) be timely filed with the appropriate authority;

(2) contain valid signatures in the number required by this code; and

(3) comply with any other applicable requirements for validity prescribed by this code.

(b) A petition may consist of multiple parts.

(1) a candidate may not amend a petition in lieu of a filing fee submitted with the candidate's application; and

(2) the authority with whom the application is filed may not accept an amendment to a petition in lieu of a filing fee submitted with the candidate's application.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 254 (H.B. 1135), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.141.htm
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Tex. Tax Code § 6.032BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR ELECTED DIRECTORS; FILING FEE OR PETITION.Printed as Section 141.062, Election Code

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