Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS |
Subtitle B. CONTESTS IN DISTRICT COURT |
Chapter 233. CONTEST ON MEASURE |
Sec. 233.006. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION
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(a) The contestant may not file the petition in the contest earlier than the day after election day.
(b) Except as provided by Section 233.014, the contestant must file the petition not later than the 30th day after the date the official result of the contested election is determined.
(c) The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.