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Tex. Elec. Code § 3.005

TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In re Woodfill (2015)

Most recently applied in In re Dorn (September 2015)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision shall be ordered not later than the 62nd day before election day.

(b) This section supersedes a law outside this code to the extent of any conflict.

(c) For an election to be held on a uniform election date, the election shall be ordered not later than the 78th day before election day.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an election under Section 26.08, Tax Code, to ratify a tax rate adopted by the governing body of a school district under Section 26.05(g) of that code shall be ordered not later than the 30th day before election day.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.