{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 401.024","heading":"TERM OF SERVICE.","body":"A person acts as governor under this subchapter until a new governor is elected and qualified or until a preceding officer in the order of succession becomes available.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 401. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR","SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.401.htm#401.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"388c39d763db03baf8779c0e1d6b5ee7509a3639899c00bdca5c94da74e41ca0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}