{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.028","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.028","heading":"DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE RECEIVING VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION.","body":"If a deceased or ineligible candidate receives the vote required for election to an office, a vacancy occurs on the date the final canvass of the election is completed.\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#201.028","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"f668dcc0c95c9cba6f8d17e7bcdd77e093d8db867fed55e917a332e28174a36e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.027","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}