Tex. Elec. Code § 233.007 · Chapter 233. CONTEST ON MEASURE
FILING PERIOD FOR ANSWER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A contestee must file an answer to the contestant's petition not later than:
(1) 10 a.m. of the 10th day after the date of service of citation on the contestee or 10 a.m. of the fifth day after the date the official result of the contested election is determined, whichever is later, if the contested election is less than statewide; or
(2) 10 a.m. of the 20th day after the date of service of citation, if the contested election is statewide.
(b) The citation must command the contestee to answer by the specified deadline.
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.233.htm
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- sha256 a53a3599ddf3ab613e51a609f56f54b589fdc500155988b80ff3134e701ee5c4
- 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
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