{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-241.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 241.008","heading":"PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY.","body":"If the presiding officer of the house having jurisdiction is a party to a contest, the house shall elect one of its members to perform the duties of the presiding officer with respect to the contest. The chair of the house's committee on administration shall perform those duties until the substitute is elected.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 232, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE C. CONTESTS IN OTHER TRIBUNALS","CHAPTER 241. CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.241.htm#241.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"7834755e5d891974239b61bd078e582f76c68d0ab26ef0434504161f03271b7c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-241.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-241.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}