Tex. Election Code § 232.014
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 232.014, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 232.014. ACCELERATED APPEAL IN PRIMARY CONTEST.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to the contest of a primary election.
(b) To be timely, an appellant's bond, affidavit, or cash deposit for costs of appeal must be made not later than the fifth day after the date the district court's judgment in the contest is signed. If the appellant is not required to give security for the costs of appeal, the notice of appeal must be filed by the same deadline.
(c) If an appellant files an affidavit of inability to pay costs of appeal, a challenge to the affidavit must be filed not later than the fifth day after the date the affidavit is filed.
(d) As soon as practicable after an appeal in a contest is perfected, the district judge shall set the deadline for filing the trial court record in the appellate court. The judge may make any other orders to expedite an appeal that are reasonable and appropriate, including reducing the time normally allowed for filing appellate briefs, subject to review by the appellate court on motion of a party.
(e) The court of appeals may refuse to permit a motion for rehearing to be filed or may reduce the time for filing the motion.
(f) The decision of the court of appeals is not reviewable by the supreme court by certified question or any other method.
(b) To be timely, an appellant's bond, affidavit, or cash deposit for costs of appeal must be made not later than the fifth day after the date the district court's judgment in the contest is signed. If the appellant is not required to give security for the costs of appeal, the notice of appeal must be filed by the same deadline.
(c) If an appellant files an affidavit of inability to pay costs of appeal, a challenge to the affidavit must be filed not later than the fifth day after the date the affidavit is filed.
(d) As soon as practicable after an appeal in a contest is perfected, the district judge shall set the deadline for filing the trial court record in the appellate court. The judge may make any other orders to expedite an appeal that are reasonable and appropriate, including reducing the time normally allowed for filing appellate briefs, subject to review by the appellate court on motion of a party.
(e) The court of appeals may refuse to permit a motion for rehearing to be filed or may reduce the time for filing the motion.
(f) The decision of the court of appeals is not reviewable by the supreme court by certified question or any other method.
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