Tex. Elec. Code § 232.008 · Subchapter A. TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CONTEST
FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A contestant may not file the petition in an election contest earlier than the day after election day.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 45th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.
(c) A contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 15th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result is determined in a contest of:
(1) a primary or runoff primary election; or
(2) a general or special election for which a runoff is necessary according to the official result or will be necessary if the contestant prevails.
(d) A contestant must deliver, electronically or otherwise, a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (S.B. 902), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 8.02, eff. December 2, 2021.
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