Tex. Elec. Code § 277.0024 · Chapter 277. PETITION PRESCRIBED BY LAW OUTSIDE CODE
COMPUTING NUMBER OF SIGNATURES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the minimum number of signatures required for a petition is determined by a computation applied to the number of registered voters of a particular territory, voters whose names appear on the list of registered voters with the notation "S", or a similar notation, shall be excluded from the computation.
(b) The signature of a voter whose name appears on the list of registered voters with the notation "S", or a similar notation, is considered valid if the voter:
(1) is otherwise eligible to vote in the territory; and
(2) provides a residence address located in the territory.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 98, eff. September 1, 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.277.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 242375b80725c19049725afed648ca63fcc493ba48b081a4299a2870b166ce21
- 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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