Tex. Elec. Code § 162.016 · Chapter 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS
WITHDRAWN CONVENTION NOMINEE INELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER NOMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a person nominated by a convention withdraws from the general election for state and county officers, the person is ineligible for a place on the general election ballot as the party's nominee for another office unless the second nomination is for an unexpired term for which the vacancy occurred too late for a convention to make a nomination under Section 202.005.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm
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- 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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