Tex. Elec. Code § 243.004 · Chapter 243. CONTEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
NOTICE TO CONTESTEES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When a petition is filed, the secretary of state shall promptly notify each contestee of the filing and shall deliver a copy of the petition to each contestee who requests one or to an agent designated by the requesting contestee.
(b) The secretary of state shall use the most expeditious means available for notifying each contestee.
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.243.htm
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- 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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