Tex. Election Code § 143.006
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 143.006, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 143.006. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), an application for a place on the ballot must be filed with the city secretary.
(b) An authority other than the city secretary may be designated to receive applications by a home-rule city charter or ordinance adopted under charter authorization.
(c) An application for a place on the ballot for the first election of officers following the incorporation of a city must be filed with the authority designated by law.
(b) An authority other than the city secretary may be designated to receive applications by a home-rule city charter or ordinance adopted under charter authorization.
(c) An application for a place on the ballot for the first election of officers following the incorporation of a city must be filed with the authority designated by law.
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