Tex. Election Code § 241.008
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 241.008, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 241.008. PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY.
Official statutory text
If the presiding officer of the house having jurisdiction is a party to a contest, the house shall elect one of its members to perform the duties of the presiding officer with respect to the contest. The chair of the house's committee on administration shall perform those duties until the substitute is elected.
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