Tex. Gov't Code § 401.083 · Subchapter E. SUCCESSION OF GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT
TERM OF SERVICE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The individual who receives the highest number of votes cast by members of the legislature for lieutenant governor shall hold that office until the next general election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.401.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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