Tex. Gov't Code § 601.011 · Chapter 601. ELECTION AND OFFICE HOLDING
VACANCY ON FINAL FELONY CONVICTION OF MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR, OR STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A member of the legislature, the governor, or a state elected official convicted of a felony vacates the member's, governor's, or official's office on the date the conviction becomes final.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 443 (S.B. 500), Sec. 2, eff. June 6, 2017.
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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- sha256 10a4c2c1bc4149c238bc4bd471bfe76b832f92beae579120ff4e16ec77f9e140
- 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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