{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 12.055","heading":"PROHIBITION ON SEEKING ANOTHER OFFICE.","body":"A person may not seek nomination or election to another civil office of this state or of the United States while serving as a commissioner. If a commissioner files for nomination or election to another civil office of this state or of the United States, the person's office as commissioner immediately becomes vacant, and the governor shall appoint a successor.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL UTILITIES","CHAPTER 12. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMISSION APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.12.htm#12.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"61ecc68ba44a3b0c2e0ee7039036625497814d39a39e6cca419d2a92535ffaa0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-12.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}