{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 22.007","heading":"VACANCY CREATED ON FAILURE TO QUALIFY.","body":"If a municipal officer-elect fails to qualify for office within 30 days after the date of the officer's election, the office is considered vacant.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 22. ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.22.htm#22.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4b480268b0cc2354378e328aa9057c6db6d9b2b3d650b0cd0b5d60961483f81b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}