Tex. Elec. Code § 202.004 · Chapter 202. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF STATE OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT
NOMINATION BY PRIMARY ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must be nominated by primary election if:
(1) the political party is making nominations by primary election for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled; and
(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the fifth day before the date of the regular deadline for candidates to file applications for a place on the general primary ballot.
(b) If the vacancy occurs on or before the 10th day before the date of the regular deadline for candidates to file applications for a place on the general primary ballot, an application for the unexpired term must be filed by the regular filing deadline.
(c) If the vacancy occurs after the 10th day before the date of the regular filing deadline, an application for the unexpired term must be filed not later than 6 p.m. of the fifth day after the date of the regular filing deadline.
(d) The filing fee or petition requirements for a candidate for an unexpired term are the same as for a candidate for a full term.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 589 (S.B. 904), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2013.
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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- 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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