{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.051","heading":"TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION.","body":"(a) If a vacancy in office is to be filled by special election, the election shall be ordered as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs, subject to Subsection (b).\n(b) For a vacancy to be filled by a special election to be held on the date of the general election for state and county officers, the election shall be ordered not later than the 78th day before election day.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 12. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE","CHAPTER 201. DETERMINATION OF AND ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY","SUBCHAPTER C. SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.201.htm#201.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"d9d9880e423097a73a75046521b03e64a3cf4fdd936cc03bc787917541629de5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.030","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}