Tex. Elec. Code § 144.004 · Chapter 144. CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY OR CITY
AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as otherwise provided by law, an application for a place on the ballot must be filed with the secretary of the political subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.144.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 afc33d401a4d793d6329fbcf1384e31e02fbc907764023a89f36ab58ec57c285
- 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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