Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 1082.053 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
BALLOT PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person seeking to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the board secretary a petition requesting that action. The petition must:
(1) be signed by at least 10 registered voters of the district, as determined by the most recent official list of registered voters, who:
(A) reside in the appropriate single-member district, if the person seeks to become a candidate to represent a single-member district; or
(B) reside anywhere in the district, if the person seeks to become a candidate to represent the district at large;
(2) be filed not later than the 31st day before the date of the election; and
(3) specify the single-member district the person seeks to represent or specify that the candidate seeks to represent the district at large.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1082.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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