Tex. Elec. Code § 3.003 · Chapter 3. ORDERING ELECTION
ELECTION ORDERED BY GOVERNOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governor shall order:
(1) each general election for officers of the state government, members of the United States Congress, and electors for president and vice-president of the United States;
(2) each election on a proposed constitutional amendment; and
(3) each special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature or in congress.
(b) The order shall be made by proclamation.
(c) Not later than the 36th day before election day, a copy of the proclamation ordering an election shall be mailed to the county judge of each county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the 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.3.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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