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Texas Election Code - Section 141.001. Eligibility Requirements For Public Office

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§ 141.001. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must: (1) be a United States citizen; (2) be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable; (3) have not been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court; (4) have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities; (5) have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: (A) for a candidate whose name is to appear on a general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot; (B) for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot; (C) for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; (D) for a party nominee who is nominated by any method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is made; and (E) for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made; and (6) satisfy any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office. (b) A statute outside this code supersedes Subsection (a) to the extent of any conflict. (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an office for which the federal or state constitution or a statute outside this code prescribes exclusive eligibility requirements. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

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