Tex. Elec. Code § 4.004 · Chapter 4. NOTICE OF ELECTION
CONTENTS OF NOTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The notice of a general or special election must state:
(1) the nature and date of the election;
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), the location of each polling place;
(3) the hours that the polls will be open;
(4) the Internet website of the authority conducting the election; and
(5) any other information required by other law.
(b) The notice of a special election must also state each office to be filled or the proposition stating each measure to be voted on. This subsection does not apply to an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.
(c) If notice of an election is given by posting the notice in the various election precincts, the notice posted in a precinct is not required to state the location of the polling places in other precincts.
(d) If precincts are consolidated under Section 42.008, the notice must state which precincts have been combined to form each consolidated precinct in addition to the locations of the polling places in the consolidated precincts.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (S.B. 1970), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.4.htm
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- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 6903.057NOTICE OF ANNEXATION ELECTION.Printed as Section 4.004, Election Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 6913.058NOTICE OF ANNEXATION ELECTION.Printed as Section 4.004, Election Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 9055.056NOTICE OF ANNEXATION ELECTION.Printed as Section 4.004, Election Code
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