{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-233.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 233.003","heading":"CONTESTEE.","body":"(a) The contestee must be at least one of the following:\n(1) the presiding officer of the final canvassing authority for the contested election;\n(2) the presiding officer of the authority that ordered the contested election or the ordering authority, if ordered by an individual; or\n(3) if the person specified by Subdivision (1) or (2) is incapacitated or cannot act for any other reason, another member of the specified authority.\n(b) The secretary of state must be a contestee in a contest of an election on a proposed constitutional amendment or any other statewide measure submitted by the legislature.\n(c) The costs of an election contest may not be assessed against a contestee specified by this section or against the governmental or political entity the contestee represents.\n(d) A contestee specified by this section may not be required to give bond on appeal.\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 233. CONTEST ON MEASURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.233.htm#233.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"3b956ee000434dbd1c1bce7bb2865f6c7fb937f73c3799a73649ea945fed5939","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-233.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-233.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}