Tex. Elec. Code § 162.010 · Chapter 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS
DURATION OF AFFILIATION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a party affiliation expires at the end of the voting year in which the person became affiliated.
(b) A party affiliation made in an odd-numbered year expires on the first day on which a person may file an application for a place on the general primary election ballot.
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. 3, 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 8970d6efec561de1200d6428c6b1fd584012a2c0c80607b4eac2aba255b5414d
- 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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