{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 201.052","heading":"DATE OF ELECTION.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by this code, a special election to fill a vacancy shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date occurring on or after the 46th day after the date the election is ordered.\n(b) If a law outside this code authorizes the holding of the election on a date earlier than the 46th day after the date of the order, the election shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date occurring on or after the earliest date that the election could be held under that law.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2015.","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#201.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"faf8eba7e19965b54f9f716eba5a17c30f07f8a5f34c74e44cdcffc7685742a0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-201.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}