{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.038","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 145.038","heading":"FAILURE OF DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MAKE REPLACEMENT NOMINATION.","body":"(a) If a political party's district executive committee fails to nominate a replacement candidate to fill a vacancy in a nomination for a district office, the state executive committee may nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy.\n(b) The state chair must deliver the certification of the replacement nominee not later than 5 p.m. of the 69th day before election day.\n(c) A certification of a replacement nominee that is delivered by mail is considered to be delivered at the time of its receipt by the secretary of state.\nAmended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 103, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 145. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE","SUBCHAPTER B. PARTY NOMINEE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.145.htm#145.038","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"b0b09b9b4e6f422c0b327f1e7177e4ae051636edb1a68ca19564c79bc8ccf1c8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.037","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.039"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}