Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 22.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
VACANCY CREATED ON FAILURE TO QUALIFY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a municipal officer-elect fails to qualify for office within 30 days after the date of the officer's election, the office is considered vacant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.22.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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