Tex. Elec. Code § 67.012 · Chapter 67. CANVASSING ELECTIONS
TIME FOR CANVASS BY GOVERNOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governor shall conduct the state canvass at the time set by the secretary of state:
(1) not earlier than the 15th or later than the 30th day after election day; or
(2) for an election described by Section 65.051(a-1), not earlier than the 18th or later than the 33rd day after election day.
(b) The secretary of state shall post, on the secretary of state's Internet website, a notice of the date, hour, and place of the canvass at least 72 hours before the canvass is conducted.
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. 54, Sec. 6(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 163, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 891 (H.B. 985), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 933), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.67.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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