Tex. Elec. Code § 202.005 · Chapter 202. VACANCY IN OFFICE OF STATE OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT
NOMINATION BY CONVENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must be nominated by the appropriate party convention if:
(1) the political party is making nominations by convention for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled; and
(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the fourth day before the date the convention convenes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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