{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 221.017","heading":"EFFECT OF STATUTES OUTSIDE CODE.","body":"A statute outside this code that relates to contests of a particular type of election supersedes this code to the extent of any conflict.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.221.htm#221.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"45433cec03d864193cfae80d7300ed73d638257b7a780f7c479882dc5dffb355","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}