{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-231.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 231.009","heading":"PRECEDENCE OF CONTEST ON APPEAL.","body":"An election contest has precedence in the appellate courts and shall be disposed of as expeditiously as practicable.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE B. CONTESTS IN DISTRICT COURT","CHAPTER 231. CONTEST IN DISTRICT COURT GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.231.htm#231.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"f9fa37a74e4ea8b20c1f07e2833f438bf6b27a4c717e2db932d87a0abe71ab7f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-231.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}