{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-616.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 616.025","heading":"OATH; BOND.","body":"(a) An emergency interim successor at the time of designation shall take the oath required to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office.\n(b) An individual, before exercising the powers or performing the duties of an office to which that individual succeeds, shall comply with the law relating to taking office, including provisions for a bond and an oath.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 616. EMERGENCY INTERIM PUBLIC OFFICE SUCCESSION","SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.616.htm#616.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"aa73637af0e53da7e6659ae827615c70d0e008ff6f8ed2a1922886790ac7e8c4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-616.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-616.026"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}