Election Code §201.051

In force on Aug 05, 2020 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2011 · same as today's text

TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION

(a) If a vacancy in office is to be filled by special election, the election shall be ordered as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs, subject to Subsection (b). (b) For a vacancy to be filled by a special election to be held on the date of the general election for state and county officers, the election shall be ordered not later than the 78th day before election day.

History: Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339 ), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100 ), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2011.

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Attorney General opinions that cite it

KP-0351 (Aug 05, 2020): Whether yard signs and a social media post qualify as an “announcement” for candidacy for another office, thus triggering the automatic resignation provision of article XI, section 11 of the Texas Constitution

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