Tex. Gov't Code § 601.003 · Chapter 601. ELECTION AND OFFICE HOLDING
REGULAR TERM OF STATE, DISTRICT, COUNTY, OR PRECINCT OFFICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The regular term of an elective state, district, county, or precinct office begins on January 1 of the year following the general election for state and county officers.
(b) A person elected to a regular term of office shall qualify and assume the duties of the office on, or as soon as possible after, January 1 of the year following the person's election.
(c) This section does not apply to the office of governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, or state representative.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.601.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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