Tex. Elec. Code § 41.0011 · Subchapter A. ELECTION DATES
EMERGENCY REQUIRING EARLY ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the governor determines that an emergency warrants holding a special election before the appropriate uniform election date, the election may be held on an earlier nonuniform date.
(b) An authority of a political subdivision desiring to order a special election as an emergency election under this section must ask the governor for permission to do so. If the governor determines that an emergency exists, the governor shall grant permission.
(c) The proclamation or order for an emergency election under this section must include a statement identifying the nature of the emergency.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 389, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.41.htm
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- 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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