Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Election Code § 142.0021: FILING DECLARATIONS OF INTENT FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED.

Where this section sits in the code

ELECTION CODE
TITLE 9. CANDIDATES
CHAPTER 142. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS

(a) A candidate may not file declarations of intent for two or more offices that:

(1) are not permitted by law to be held by the same person; and

(2) are to be voted on at one or more elections held on the same day.

(b) If a person files more than one declaration of intent in violation of this section, each declaration filed subsequent to the first one filed is invalid.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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