If a new office of district attorney or criminal district attorney is created, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the office until the next general election.
Tex. Gov't Code § 41.010
APPOINTMENT OF INITIAL DISTRICT OR CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff
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