Tex. Gov't Code § 573.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Candidate" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
(2) "Position" includes an office, clerkship, employment, or duty.
(3) "Public official" means:
(A) an officer of this state or of a district, county, municipality, precinct, school district, or other political subdivision of this state;
(B) an officer or member of a board of this state or of a district, county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of this state; or
(C) a judge of a court created by or under a statute of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.573.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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