{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-144.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 144.004","heading":"AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.","body":"Except as otherwise provided by law, an application for a place on the ballot must be filed with the secretary of the political subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 144. CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY OR CITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.144.htm#144.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"d9fe2221b624ed022aae9ba69119857cdd75b7646ebe44fb3baf392c98ae1c26","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-144.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-144.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}