Tex. Elec. Code § 145.039 · Subchapter B. PARTY NOMINEE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS

DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.

Verbatim from the official edition

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

If a candidate dies or is declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2005.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.145.htm
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