Tex. Election Code § 3.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 3.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 3.005. TIME FOR ORDERING ELECTION.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision shall be ordered not later than the 62nd day before election day.
(b) This section supersedes a law outside this code to the extent of any conflict.
(c) For an election to be held on a uniform election date, the election shall be ordered not later than the 78th day before election day.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an election under Section 26.08, Tax Code, to ratify a tax rate adopted by the governing body of a school district under Section 26.05(g) of that code shall be ordered not later than the 30th day before election day.
(b) This section supersedes a law outside this code to the extent of any conflict.
(c) For an election to be held on a uniform election date, the election shall be ordered not later than the 78th day before election day.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an election under Section 26.08, Tax Code, to ratify a tax rate adopted by the governing body of a school district under Section 26.05(g) of that code shall be ordered not later than the 30th day before election day.
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