Tex. Elec. Code § 203.012 · Chapter 203. VACANCY IN LEGISLATURE
TIME OF CANVASS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court shall convene to conduct the local canvass not later than the 10th day after election day.
(b) The governor shall conduct the state canvass not later than the 14th day after election day.
(c) The secretary of state shall post, on the secretary of state's Internet website, a notice of the date, hour, and place of the canvass at least 24 hours before the canvass is conducted.
(d) Section 1.006 does not apply to this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 163, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 53, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 933), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.
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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.203.htm
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