Tex. Elec. Code § 233.006 · Chapter 233. CONTEST ON MEASURE
FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The contestant may not file the petition in the contest earlier than the day after election day.
(b) Except as provided by Section 30.023, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 30th 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) The contestant must deliver 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. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1215 (S.B. 902), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 9.11, eff. December 4, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.233.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e742247c8a6f60f597381de2ef7068c51237fdadb9342ed4f5b28b811e736eed
- Composed by
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.