Tex. Elec. Code § 275.002 · Chapter 275. ELECTION FOR OFFICERS OF CITY WITH 200,000 POPULATION
MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To be elected to a city office, a candidate must receive a majority of the total number of votes received by all candidates for the office.
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.275.htm
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- sha256 6d80fc86b18c132675d3425c87009080367bd4e7438ebb9efb29b333a51d6921
- 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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