{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1063.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.055","heading":"RUNOFF ELECTION.","body":"(a) If no candidate for a particular director position at a regular directors' election receives a majority of the votes of the voters voting in that race, the board shall order a runoff election.\n(b) At least seven days before the date of a runoff election, the board shall publish notice of the election one time in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the area of the runoff election.\n(c) Of the names printed on the ballot at a runoff election, the name of the candidate who received the higher number of votes at the general election of directors must be printed first on the ballot.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH","SUBTITLE A. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 1063. MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.1063.htm#1063.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"6730c37bbb3eadb894144b88044cbe1d169f4e82718bda3fbe95d75fb61c88d3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1063.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-1063.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}