Tex. Elec. Code § 241.024 · Chapter 241. CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE
CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The candidates in a new election ordered in an election contest in which the election is declared void under this chapter are determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 232, Subchapter B, prescribing the candidates in a new election ordered by a court.
(b) In a new election in which replacement candidates are permitted on the ballot, the governor shall set the filing deadlines that are set by the district court in a new election ordered by a court.
(c) The governor shall set the deadline for withdrawal from a new election.
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
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- 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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