Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS |
Subtitle C. CONTESTS IN OTHER TRIBUNALS |
Chapter 241. CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE |
Sec. 241.008. PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY
Latest version.
-
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.