An incumbent governor may not, during the transition period, appoint an individual to fill a vacancy that occurred before the beginning of the transition period.
Tex. Gov't Code § 652.023
PROHIBITION AGAINST FILLING CERTAIN VACANCIES
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff
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