{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.081","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 401.081","heading":"SUCCESSION OF GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT.","body":"The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate shall call a joint session of the house of representatives and the senate for the purpose of electing a governor and a lieutenant governor if:\n(1) the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect die or are permanently incapacitated to take their oaths of office at the time the legislature canvasses the election returns for governor and lieutenant governor; and\n(2) the legislature finds that the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect are not able to take the oath of office and to fulfill the duties of office.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 401. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR","SUBCHAPTER E. SUCCESSION OF GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.401.htm#401.081","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e00eb0381409841d9395f9d0289656019ce8cf75baf4940b56f7b17033635510","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.065","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-401.082"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}