Tex. Elec. Code § 142.0021 · Chapter 142. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS
FILING DECLARATIONS OF INTENT FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A candidate may not file declarations of intent for two or more offices that:
(1) are not permitted by law to be held by the same person; and
(2) are to be voted on at one or more elections held on the same day.
(b) If a person files more than one declaration of intent in violation of this section, each declaration filed subsequent to the first one filed is invalid.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.142.htm
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