Texas Election Code § 241.008 Presiding Officer As Party

Sec. 241.008. PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY. If the presiding officer of the house having jurisdiction is a party to a contest, the house shall elect one of its members to perform the duties of the presiding officer with respect to the contest. The chair of the house's committee on administration shall perform those duties until the substitute is elected.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 232, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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