Tex. Elec. Code § 162.001 · Chapter 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS
AFFILIATION WITH PARTY REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person must be affiliated with a political party to be eligible:
(1) to serve as a delegate to or otherwise participate in a convention held by the party under this code;
(2) to be elected as a member of or be appointed to fill a vacancy on a state executive committee;
(3) to be appointed to fill a vacancy on a county executive committee; or
(4) for any other purpose within the party as adopted by state party rules.
(b) The affiliation requirement prescribed by Subsections (a)(2) and (3) applies only during a voting year in which the general election for state and county officers is held and does not apply until:
(1) general primary election day, for a party holding a primary election; or
(2) the date of the precinct conventions held under this title, for a party nominating by convention.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 3102), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 0fdd8828d384b34bc3ed77ff338eefc41d164a34af176846161f50c3a3b73a3f
- 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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