{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-247.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 247.001","heading":"PETITION ALLEGING FRAUD.","body":"This chapter applies to a civil suit in which a candidate in an election alleges in the petition that an opposing candidate, an agent of the opposing candidate, or a person acting on behalf of the opposing candidate with the candidate's knowledge violated any of the following sections of this code:\n(1) Section 13.007;\n(2) Section 64.012;\n(3) Section 64.036;\n(4) Section 84.003;\n(5) Section 84.0041;\n(6) Section 86.0051;\n(7) Section 86.006;\n(8) Section 86.010;\n(9) Section 276.013; and\n(10) Section 276.015.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 8.03, eff. December 2, 2021.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE D. OTHER ELECTION LAWSUITS","CHAPTER 247. LAWSUIT ALLEGING IMPROPER ELECTION ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.247.htm#247.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"7e83de416b281c881c92459ddd5ba929d13cea84702765547eb8f87ba77fb71d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-243.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-247.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}