{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.029","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.029","heading":"DECLINATION OF OFFICER-ELECT.","body":"If an officer-elect declines to qualify for the office before assuming office for the term for which elected, a vacancy in the term occurs on the date the declination is delivered to the appropriate authority.\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#201.029","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"2e454afe159d0a72e6d3acb0784450d89b9498e4e5dd37182538b8456e2700d2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.028","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}