{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 142.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter applies to an independent candidate for an office that is to be voted on at the general election for state and county officers except the offices of president and vice-president of the United States.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 142. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.142.htm#142.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"34635209416ff14dc35fa935127f6c8daed012dc88ba1e2b8fd56c31af9d5cda","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-141.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}