{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.026","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.026","heading":"DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY.","body":"(a) If an officer or officer-elect is declared ineligible to hold the office by a judgment of a court or other tribunal, a vacancy occurs on the date the judgment becomes final.\n(b) If an officer or officer-elect is declared ineligible to hold the office by an administrative authority, a vacancy occurs on the date the declaration is made.\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 B. TIME VACANCY OCCURS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.201.htm#201.026","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"19a501f0094196245bf7c1671b38e7ec3970bff478aa13d99453fab233bc9163","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}