{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.002","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ACT ON RESIGNATION OR DECLINATION.","body":"Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to act on a public officer's resignation or an officer-elect's declination is the officer or body authorized to make an appointment or order a special election to fill a vacancy in the office.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 12. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE","CHAPTER 201. DETERMINATION OF AND ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY","SUBCHAPTER A. RESIGNING OR DECLINING OFFICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.201.htm#201.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"7dd0cf194f11f53ab52711086e88618c139df70b28372d41fe0ec64dd2f8c4bd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}