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Texas Election Code - Section 201.051. Time For Ordering Election

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§ 201.051. TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION.  (a) If a vacancy 
in office is to be filled by special election, the election shall be 
ordered as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs, subject to 
Subsection (b).
	(b)  For a vacancy to be filled by a special election to be 
held on the date of the general election for state and county 
officers, the election shall be ordered not later than the 70th day 
before election day.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1109, § 26, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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