Tex. Elec. Code § 241.007 · Chapter 241. CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE
RUNOFF DELAYED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a special election for which a runoff is necessary according to the official result is contested, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the governor in writing of the contest when the canvass is completed or the petition is received, whichever is later.
(b) The governor shall delay ordering the runoff pending the outcome of the contest.
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.241.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 525ae59086f25fe83b10b2551c7b32afc8a2790fcccf87cdaa38abf66860cd68
- 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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