{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-203.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 203.012","heading":"TIME OF CANVASS.","body":"(a) The commissioners court shall convene to conduct the local canvass not later than the 10th day after election day.\n(b) The governor shall conduct the state canvass not later than the 14th day after election day.\n(c) The secretary of state shall post, on the secretary of state's Internet website, a notice of the date, hour, and place of the canvass at least 24 hours before the canvass is conducted.\n(d) Section 1.006 does not apply to this section.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 163, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 53, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 933), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 12. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE","CHAPTER 203. VACANCY IN LEGISLATURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.203.htm#203.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"4ae7e51156e1b8340e3579dd9099a459307dbfbcc02dfe82bef399fd90d6eeba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-203.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-203.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}