{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 401.025","heading":"EXCEPTION.","body":"The president pro tempore of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives may act as governor under this subchapter only if the person holds that office when the governor and lieutenant governor first become unavailable.\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#401.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"fa7b4f29f83a9cbec0855d51aa3c81f12906fc0e25c88d9e7e30d492e451f419","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}