{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 232.016","heading":"APPEAL SUSPENDS EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT.","body":"The perfecting of an appeal in an election contest suspends the execution of the district court's judgment pending the disposition of the appeal without the necessity for a supersedeas bond.\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 232. CONTESTS FOR OFFICE","SUBCHAPTER A. TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CONTEST"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.232.htm#232.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"3dd0d67976b2f1f668354f39a659f0b5012c5326cab434b1693f108b2582fe58","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}