Tex. Elec. Code § 202.003 · Chapter 202. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF STATE OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT
NEW OFFICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an election for the first full term of an office for which no previous election has been held is governed by the same provisions as an election for the remainder of an unexpired term, and for that purpose, references in this chapter to an unexpired term include a full term in the case of those offices.
(b) If an Act of the legislature creating an office prescribes a date of creation that is later than the effective date of the Act, and if an authority authorized to create the office at an earlier date has not done so, the office shall appear on the ballot as follows:
(1) if the date of creation occurs in an even-numbered year, the office appears on the ballot in that even-numbered year;
(2) if the date of creation occurs on or before March 1 of an odd-numbered year, the office appears on the ballot in the preceding even-numbered year; and
(3) if the date of creation occurs after March 1 of an odd-numbered year, the office appears on the ballot in the subsequent even-numbered year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 72, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.202.htm
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