Tex. Elec. Code § 247.002 · Chapter 247. LAWSUIT ALLEGING IMPROPER ELECTION ACTIVITIES
PROCEDURE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A candidate in an election may file a petition for an action under this chapter in any county where a defendant resided at the time of the election. If the election is for a statewide office, the candidate may also file the petition in a district court in Travis County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 8.03, eff. December 2, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.247.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 f3e1a245410194e105b177841422ea24c5338e0038c4b5a024a0dbb63383ffc7
- 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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