Tex. Government Code § 30.010975
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 30.010975, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 30.010975. AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION.
Official statutory text
If the municipal judge or an assistant municipal judge announces a candidacy or becomes a candidate in a general, special, or primary election, for any office of profit or trust under the laws of the state or the United States, the announcement or the candidacy constitutes an automatic resignation of the appointment, effective the date of the announcement or candidacy.
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