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Texas Election Code - Section 201.001. Resigning Or Declining Office

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§ 201.001. RESIGNING OR DECLINING OFFICE.  (a) To be 
effective, a public officer's resignation or an officer-elect's 
declination must be in writing and signed by the officer or 
officer-elect and delivered to the appropriate authority for acting 
on the resignation or declination.  The authority may not refuse to 
accept a resignation.
	(b)  If the authority to act on a resignation or declination 
is a body, the resignation or declination may be delivered to the 
presiding officer of the body or to its clerk or secretary.
	(c)  An officer-elect who intends to qualify for the office 
but desires to resign at a subsequent date may submit a resignation 
in the same manner as an officer who has assumed office, and the 
vacancy may be filled in the same manner as if the resignation had 
been submitted after the officer-elect assumed office.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1187, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

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