Tex. Gov't Code § 601.009 · Chapter 601. ELECTION AND OFFICE HOLDING
ELECTED OFFICER MUST BE REGISTERED VOTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not qualify for a public elective office unless the person is a registered voter.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an office for which the federal or state constitution prescribes exclusive qualification requirements.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a member of the governing body of a district created under Section 52(b)(1) or (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (H.B. 484), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- 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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- 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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