{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.027","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.027","heading":"NEW OFFICE.","body":"If a new office is created, a vacancy occurs on the effective date of the Act of the legislature creating the office or on the date the order creating the office is adopted.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 71, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","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#201.027","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"b22f7d90f24b66896f7f859aec01cc7a9f0eec1e6832a4c0a854ce207b496815","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.028"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}