Tex. Election Code § 233.006
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 233.006, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 233.006. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION.
Official statutory text
(a) The contestant may not file the petition in the contest earlier than the day after election day.
(b) Except as provided by Section 30.023, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 30th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.
(c) The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.
(b) Except as provided by Section 30.023, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 30th day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined.
(c) The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the secretary of state by the same deadline prescribed for the filing of the petition.
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