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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS |
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Chapter 3. ORDERING ELECTION |
Sec. 3.005. TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION
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(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision shall be ordered not later than the 62nd day before election day.
(b) This section supersedes a law outside this code to the extent of any conflict.
(c) For an election to be held on:
(1) the date of the general election for state and county officers, the election shall be ordered not later than the 78th day before election day; and
(2) a uniform election date other than the date of the general election for state and county officers, the election shall be ordered not later than the 71st day before election day.
(d) An election under Section 26.08, Tax Code, to ratify a tax rate adopted by the governing body of a school district under Section 26.05(g) of that code shall be ordered not later than the 30th day before election day.